cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Simplified Fuzzy-Logic Control System Approach to Obstacle Avoidance combining Stereoscopic Vision and Sonar
Creators: name: Grayston, TI
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Stereoscopic vision is a technique for calculating the depths of objects in a scene from two images. Ultrasonic ranging is a well-established technique for estimating the distance to objects by bouncing an acoustic pulse off the object and measuring the time-of-flight. As with any types of sensors, these techniques each have their associated strengths and weaknesses. Therefore it is desirable to be able to use both sensor types simultaneously on a robot such that the benefits of the techniques can each be taken advantage of. Effective obstacle avoidance is an important challenge in the field of robotics that is integral to achieving the goal of fully autonomous mobile robots. To achieve such behaviour a control system is required for directing the robot on the basis of sensor inputs. This study presents a simplified fuzzy logic control system that differs from the standard fuzzy logic system in the way that fuzzy sets are generated. The control layers of the system dynamically create fuzzy sets on-the-fly when called upon to do so. The developed control system is used to show that there are benefits to combining stereoscopic vision and sonar for robot obstacle avoidance compared against using these sensors in isolation.
Dynamic response of a mesoscopic capacitor in the presence of strong electron interactions
Creators: name: Hamamoto, Yuji
name: Jonckheere, Thibaut
name: Kato, Takeo
name: Martin, Thierry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a one dimensional mesoscopic capacitor in the presence of strong electron interactions and compute its admittance in order to probe the universal nature of the relaxation resistance. We use a combination of perturbation theory, renormalization group arguments, and quantum Monte Carlo calculation to treat the whole parameter range of dot-lead coupling. The relaxation resistance is universal even in the presence of strong Coulomb blockade when the interactions in the wire are sufficiently weak. We predict and observe a quantum phase transition to an incoherent regime for a Luttinger parameter $K<1/2$. Results could be tested using a quantum dot coupled to an edge state in the fractional quantum Hall effect.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRB
Intellectual capital dimensions and employee performance: The mediating role of organizational learning
Creators: name: Al-Husseini, Sawasn
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Intellectual capital is recognized as the most important driver of economic development and the key to enhancing innovation and performance. This research seeks to examine the impact of intellectual capital (human, relational, and structural) on employee performance through the mediating role of organizational learning. The study surveyed 438 managers based in Iraqi banks. A model was developed and conditional hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling with AMOS. The results show that the three components of intellectual capital (human, relational, and structural capital) improve employee performance and that organizational learning mediates the relationship between intellectual capital and employee performance. The research gave evidence to support the use of intellectual capital and organizational learning to enhance the performance of the employee within banking sector in developing countries, particularly Iraq.
Maternal polycystic ovary syndrome and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in offspring: Prenatal androgen exposure or genetic confounding?
Creators: name: Rosenqvist, M.A.
name: Ibrahimson, A.
name: Cesta, C.E.
name: D'Onofrio, B.M.
name: Almqvist, C.
name: Mataix-Cols, D.
name: Larsson, H.
name: Yusuf, I.
name: Landén, M.
name: Öberg, A.S.
name: Bulik, C.M.
name: Fernández De La Cruz, L.
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2020

description: Background: Maternal polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been proposed as a model for investigating the role of prenatal androgen exposure in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, women with PCOS are at higher risk of developing psychiatric conditions and previous studies are likely confounded by genetic influences. Methods: A Swedish nationwide register-based cohort study was conducted to disentangle the influence of prenatal androgen exposure from familial confounding in the association between maternal PCOS and offspring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and Tourette's disorder and chronic tic disorders (TD/CTD). PCOS-exposed offspring (n = 21 280) were compared with unrelated PCOS-unexposed offspring (n = 200 816) and PCOS-unexposed cousins (n = 17 295). Associations were estimated with stratified Cox regression models. Results: PCOS-exposed offspring had increased risk of being diagnosed with ADHD, ASD, and TD/CTD compared with unrelated PCOS-unexposed offspring. Associations were stronger in girls for ADHD and ASD but not TD/CTD [ADHD: adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 1.61 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.31-1.99), ASD: aHR = 2.02 (95% CI 1.45-2.82)] than boys [ADHD: aHR = 1.37 (95% CI 1.19-1.57), ASD: aHR = 1.46 (95% CI 1.21-1.76)]. For ADHD and ASD, aHRs for girls were stronger when compared with PCOS-unexposed cousins, but slightly attenuated for boys. Conclusions: Estimates were similar when accounting for familial confounding (i.e. genetics and environmental factors shared by cousins) and stronger in girls for ADHD and ASD, potentially indicating a differential influence of prenatal androgen exposure v. genetic factors. These results strengthen evidence for a potential causal influence of prenatal androgen exposure on the development of male-predominant neuropsychiatric disorders in female offspring of women with PCOS.
title: Effect of Three Methods of Processing Barley on Intake and Production of Lactating Cows
Creators: name: Jauregui, Carlos Garcia
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: Twenty-four lactating cows were randomly assigned to three treatments within eight each 3 x 3 latin squares with three periods of 21 days duration. Three processing treatments of barley were 1) steam-rolled, 2) ground (fine), and 3) soak-rolled (soaked in water for appr. 24 hours, rolled, and fed within 48 hours). All rations were fed ad libitum and were comprised of 24% alfalfa hay, 16% corn silage, 35.5% barley, 12% whole cottonseed, 12% wheat bran, 0.3% salt, and 0.3% dicalcium phosphate on a dry matter (DM) basis. Electronic doors were used to collect individual feed intake data. Rations and feces grab samples were collected and analyzed chemically. Dry matter digestibility (DMB) was determined by acid insoluble ash. Body weights (BW) were taken every two weeks. Milk production was recorded daily and composition of milk fat, protein, and solids-not-fat (SNF) was determined twice a month. Production (kg/day) of milk, butterfat, protein, SNF; DM consumed (kg); percent DMD; efficiency 1 (kg) 4% fat corrected milk (FCM)/kg DM intake); and efficiency 2 (kg) 4% FCM/kg digestible dry matter (DDM) for rations 1, 2, and 3 were 24.2, 22,7, 21.8; 0.88, 0.80, 0.86; 0.83, 0.78, 0.74; 2.17, 2.04, 2.01; 19.8, 20.8, 18.7; 67.05, 71.05, 67.20; 1.16, 1.04, 1.18; 1.76, 1.46, and 1.83, respectively.
The method of processing barley caused significant differences (P.05).
The cows fed ration 1 produced more total milk and protein than those on rations 2 and 3. There were not differences in feed consumed (or fed) among cows on the three rations. Cows on ration 2 consumed more DM than those on ration 3, but cows on ration 1 did not differ in DM consumption from those on either of the other treatments. Cows on ration 3 had the highest fat test, but showed no differences in the amount of fat produced compared to the cows on rations 1 and 2.
Cows on ration 2 had the highest percent DMD and DDM and since these were not the highest in total milk production but were the highest in DM consumption, they were the least feed efficient. Additionally, since cows on ration 3 consumed less DM than those on ration 2, the former had high feed efficiency equal to cows on ration 1.
Possible New Effects in Black Hole Physics
Creators: name: Pushp, Amal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Black Holes
Cosmic microwave background

description: The Thesis proposal can be stated as: No two Black Holes, in different regions of the universe , have the same properties of Mass, Temperature and entropy on the microscopic scale due to the anisotropies in the Cosmic microwave background. The Research is currently in peer review.
description: The research proposal has been recommended by many international physicists and the paper is currently in peer review.
Critical Points in the Linear Sigma Model with Quarks
Creators: name: Bowman, E. Scott
name: Kapusta, Joseph I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We employ a simple effective model to study the chiral dynamics of two flavors of quarks at finite temperature and density. In particular, we determine the phase diagram in the plane of temperature and baryon chemical potential as a function of the pion mass. An interesting phase structure occurs which results in zero, one or two critical points depending on the value of the vacuum pion mass.
description: 16 pages plus 5 figures
Detecting Clone Radio Frequency Identification Tags
Creators: name: Mirowski, L
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The theft of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag identity, commonly referred to as tag cloning, is a serious threat to RFID systems. It can enable an attacker to gain access to a secure facility, make fraudulent purchases, or disrupt supply chains. It may even enable crimes like financial gain, people smuggling, and drug trafficking, terrorism and money laundering. Presently there is no practical solution to defend against tag cloning. This thesis details research that aims to detect the presence of clone tags which may be the first step in defending against them and preventing RFID-enabled crimes from occurring. An intrusion detection system has been developed using statistical anomaly detection to identify clone tags. The feasibility of the approach has been tested by evaluating its performance in detecting synthesized attacks inside a sanitized RFID audit log. The results suggest that intrusion detection systems can be used to detect cloned tags but that the weaknesses of statistical anomaly detection are also apparent when used on RFID data.
Quantum Logic in Dagger Kernel Categories
Creators: name: Heunen, Chris
name: Jacobs, Bart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 03G12, 03G30

description: This paper investigates quantum logic from the perspective of categorical logic, and starts from minimal assumptions, namely the existence of involutions/daggers and kernels. The resulting structures turn out to (1) encompass many examples of interest, such as categories of relations, partial injections, Hilbert spaces (also modulo phase), and Boolean algebras, and (2) have interesting categorical/logical properties, in terms of kernel fibrations, such as existence of pullbacks, factorisation, and orthomodularity. For instance, the Sasaki hook and and-then connectives are obtained, as adjoints, via the existential-pullback adjunction between fibres.
description: 35 pages
Is perceived value enough to create loyalty for m-wallets? Exploring the role of trust and satisfaction
Creators: name: Dhaigude, Amol S.
name: Tapar, Archit Vinod
name: Jawed, Mohammad Shameem
name: Kamath, Giridhar B
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Science Policy

description: This study explores the role of perceived customer value and loyalty relationships in mobile wallet (M-wallet). The study further investigates trust and satisfaction as drivers of loyalty and examines the role of trust in the traditional value-satisfaction-loyalty relationship. A total of 214 responses from M-wallet users were captured using a structured questionnaire in a cross-sectional survey design. The data collected was analyzed with the help of structural equation modeling. Trust and satisfaction in M-wallet are both found to be mediating the perceived customer value and loyalty relationship. Furthermore, results also confirm the sequential mediation impact of trust and satisfaction between the perceived customer value and loyalty relationship. The findings help practitioners in tailoring their customer relationship strategies to promote M-wallet loyalty. Finally, this study recommends that managers should emphasize leveraging trust and satisfaction to shape loyalty in addition to customer value. They should focus on initiatives to win trust, satisfy the customers, and enhance long-term customer relationships.
Perceptions of genetic risk, testing, and counseling among individuals with eating disorders
Creators: name: Bulik, C.M.
name: Doyle, L.
name: Austin, J.
name: Hart, S.J.
name: Michael, J.E.
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Year: 2020

description: Objective: Eating disorders develop as a result of genetic and environmental factors. Given that they are multifactorial conditions with a genetic component, they fall within the scope of practice for genetic counseling, but people with these conditions are rarely referred. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of causes of eating disorders, recurrence risk, and interest in genetic counseling and testing among individuals with eating disorders. Method: An online survey comprising both multiple choice and free form text questions, vignettes about genetic counseling, and the ED100K (validated eating disorder diagnostic questionnaire) was shared via support organizations and prominent bloggers in the eating disorders community to recruit individuals with a personal history of an eating disorder from November 2018 to February 2019. Results: In total, 107 participants completed the survey. They perceived that both experiences and genetics were important factors in the development of their eating disorder. All responding participants overestimated the risk for recurrence of eating disorders in children, often by a large margin, and a notable minority reported that their experience with an eating disorder had a negative influence on their childbearing decisions. After imagined experience of genetic counseling, participants reported significantly decreased feelings of stigma, shame, and guilt. Most participants expressed interest in genetic counseling; fewer were interested in genetic testing. Discussion: Genetic counseling may benefit individuals with eating disorders by providing accurate recurrence risk information and reducing feelings of guilt, stigma, and shame, which may in turn encourage earlier support seeking and recovery.
Fast calculation of HELAS amplitudes using graphics processing unit (GPU)
Creators: name: Hagiwara, K.
name: Kanzaki, J.
name: Okamura, N.
name: Rainwater, D.
name: Stelzer, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the graphics processing unit (GPU) for fast calculations of helicity amplitudes of physics processes. As our first attempt, we compute $u\bar{u}\to nγ$ ($n=2$ to 8) processes in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 14$TeV by transferring the MadGraph generated HELAS amplitudes (FORTRAN) into newly developed HEGET ({\bf H}ELAS {\bf E}valuation with {\bf G}PU {\bf E}nhanced {\bf T}echnology) codes written in CUDA, a C-platform developed by NVIDIA for general purpose computing on the GPU. Compared with the usual CPU programs, we obtain 40-150 times better performance on the GPU.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures
Severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: Update and observations about the current clinical reality
Creators: name: Hoek, H.W.
name: Wonderlich, S.A.
name: Schmidt, U.
name: Bulik, C.M.
name: Steiger, H.
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Year: 2020

description: Several objectives underlie the current article. First, to review historical diagnostic issues and clinical strategies for treating SE-AN. Second, to provide an overview of recent evidence informed strategies and clinical innovations for the treatment of SE-AN. Third, based on the authors' collective clinical and research experience, we offer eight observations that we believe capture the current clinical experience of patients with SE-AN. Some of these observations represent empirically testable hypotheses, but all are designed to generate a meaningful discussion about the treatment of this group of individuals with eating disorders. Finally, we hope to call clinicians, scientists, professional organizations, advocates, and policy makers to action to attend to critical issues related to the care of individuals with SE-AN. We believe that an international discussion could clarify areas of need for these patients and identify opportunities for clinical innovation that would enhance the lives of individuals with SE-AN and their families.
An Incremental Learning Method for Data Mining from Large Databases
Creators: name: Ling, TR
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Knowledge Discovery techniques seek to find new information about a domain through a combination of existing domain knowledge and data examples from the domain. These techniques can either be manually performed by an expert, or automated using software algorithms (Machine Learning). However some domains, such as the clinical field of Lung Function testing, contain volumes of data too vast and detailed for manual analysis to be effective, and existing knowledge too complex for Machine Learning algorithms to be able to adequately discover relevant knowledge. In many cases this data is also unclassified, with no previous analysis having been performed. A better approach for these domains might be to involve a human expert, taking advantage of their expertise to guide the process, and to use Machine Learning techniques to assist the expert in discovering new and meaningful relationships in the data. It is hypothesised that Knowledge Acquisition methods would provide a strong basis for such a Knowledge Discovery method, particularly methods which can provide incremental verification and validation of knowledge as it is obtained. This study examines how the MCRDR (Multiple Classification Ripple- Down Rules) Knowledge Acquisition process can be adapted to develop a new Knowledge Discovery method, Exposed MCRDR, and tests this method in the domain of Lung Function. Preliminary results suggest that the EMCRDR method can be successfully applied to discover new knowledge in a complex domain, and reveal many potential areas of study and development for the MCRDR method.
Additional file 4 of Comprehensive analysis of metabolome and transcriptome reveals the mechanism of color formation in different leave of Loropetalum Chinense var. Rubrum
Creators: name: Zhang, Xia
name: Zhang, Li
name: Zhang, Damao
name: Su, Dingding
name: Li, Weidong
name: Wang, Xiangfei
name: Chen, Qianru
name: Cai, Wenqi
name: Xu, Lu
name: Cao, Fuxiang
name: Zhang, Dongling
name: Yu, Xiaoying
name: Li, Yanlin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4: Fig. S1. KEGG annotation of putative proteins. The x-axis indicates the percentage of the number of genes annotated to the pathway out of the total number of genes annotated. The y-axis indicates the name of the KEGG metabolic pathway. A KEGG pathway analysis between GL and ML. B KEGG pathway analysis of between GL and PL. C KEGG pathway analysis between ML and PL
Bulk and shear viscosities of matter created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Creators: name: Bozek, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effects of the shear and bulk viscosities in the hadronic phase on the expansion of the fireball and on the particle production in relativistic heavy ion collisions. Comparing simulation with or without viscosity in the hadronic matter we find that elliptic flow observables strongly dependent on dissipative effects in the late stage. On the other hand, interferometry radii are sensitive, through the early transverse flow, on the value of the viscosity at high temperatures. We present first calculations including the effects of bulk viscosity in the hadronic phase and in the hadron emission. We find them important in obtaining a small freeze-out temperature consistent with the measured transverse momentum spectra and elliptic flow of identified particles.
description: discussion revised, figure added
On bells, saliva, and abdominal pain or discomfort: Early aversive visceral conditioning and vulnerability for anorexia nervosa
Creators: name: Zucker, N.L.
name: Bulik, C.M.
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Year: 2020

description: Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are common in anorexia nervosa (AN), can predate illness onset, complicate renourishment, and persist after recovery. We explore how, through processes of aversive visceral conditioning, early GI pain and discomfort may increase vulnerability to AN in some individuals. Processes include enhanced preoccupation with the gut resulting from aversive visceral memories and disruptions in the typical acquisition of self-attunement when children learn to map and interpret interoceptive sensations and develop adaptive actions. We question whether a fear of weight gain, in some cases, may be an epiphenomenon of the recapitulation of actual or perceived GI symptoms that is especially relevant during puberty, especially in girls. This conceptualization has immediate clinical implications and offers ideas for future research. We propose that GI discomfort associated with renourishment may reignite prior aversive visceral experiences. We encourage development of a formulation that organizes the individual's current experience of the body with respect to these prior aversive experiences. Our conceptualization underscores the importance of assessment of GI experiences in individuals with AN; the examination of dietary strategies that minimize GI symptoms and enhance renourishment efficacy; and strategies that attempt to alter this aversive visceral conditioning by mapping sensations to meanings and adaptive actions.
Studies on DNA and DNA polymerases from the intestinal mucosa of rat
Creators: name: Leung, Fred Ying Toy
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: PART I - The base compositions of deoxyribonucleic acid, isolated from whole cells, nuclei, and mitochondria of rat intestinal mucosa were compared. DNA from whole cells or nuclei was fractionated by column chromatography on methylated albumin kieselguhr, MAK. The guanine plus cytosine content of these DNA fractions was determined mainly by the method of heat denaturation, although the methods of acid hydrolysis and equilibrium centrifugation in cesium chloride solutions were also used. The mole % G+C for the DNA fractions from whole cellular extracts ranged between 34.39 and 52.92, while the nuclear DNA fractions showed a range between 37.31 and 50.97. Although the main DNA band which was eluted with 0.6 M NaCl solution had separated into two or three peaks, the detection of a major base compositional class of DNA was not evident. Unfractionated DNA from whole cells or nuclei has a G+C content of 42.2 which corresponds to a midpoint of thermal denaturation, Tm of 86.6° C. DNA isolated from the mitochondria of intestinal mucosa was observed to have a Tm of approximately 85.0° C and a density of 1.702 g/cm³. This density corresponded to the value determined for unfractionated DNA from the whole mucosa cells. PART II - In initial experiments, DNA polymerase from Escherichia coli was isolated and partially purified by treatment with streptomycin, ammonium sulfate, and by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. After these introductory experiments, DNA polymerases from the small intestinal mucosa of the rat were studied. Using suitable assay systems with ¹⁴C-2-dTTP or ¹⁴C-8-dATP, both a replicative and a terminal DNA nucleotidyl-transferase were detected in extracts of nuclei. The replicative enzyme incorporated a labeled precursor into a native or heat denatured DNA primer in the presence of all four complementary triphosphates. The terminal enzyme preferentially incorporated single deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates onto the terminal position of heat denatured DNA primers. Treatment of the DNA products formed in the terminal addition reaction with snake venom phosphodiesterase indicated that the labeled precursors were added to 3'-hydroxy terminal positions of the chains. A heterogeneous nature of the DNA polymerases from rat intestinal mucosa was indicated by the appearance of three fractions of enzyme activity following DEAE-cellulose chromatography. A distinct peak of terminal-addition enzyme activity was detected by rechromatography on DEAE-cellulose. Gel filtration through Sephadex G-150 or G-200 and sucrose density gradient centrifugation showed that these DNA polymerases varied in molecular sizes. The molecular weights of the DNA polymerase fractions were estimated to be between 2.5 x 10⁴ and 3 x 10⁵ by comparisons with marker proteins.
Self-admission to inpatient treatment in anorexia nervosa: Impact on healthcare utilization, eating disorder morbidity, and quality of life
Creators: name: von Hausswolff-Juhlin, Y.
name: Welch, E.
name: Gustafsson, S.A.
name: Bulik, C.M.
name: Strand, M.
Publisher: name: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Year: 2020

description: Objective: Little evidence exists concerning the optimal model of inpatient care for patients with longstanding anorexia nervosa (AN). Self-admission has been developed as a treatment tool whereby patients with a history of high healthcare utilization are invited to decide for themselves when brief admission is warranted. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a self-admission program on healthcare utilization, eating disorder morbidity, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and sick leave for patients with AN. Method: In this cohort study, 29 participants with AN in a Swedish self-admission program were compared to 113 patients with longstanding illness but low previous utilization of inpatient treatment, matched based on age, illness duration, and body-mass index (BMI). Data on healthcare utilization, eating disorder morbidity, and sick leave were obtained from national population and eating disorder quality registers. Results: Participants displayed a >50% reduction in time spent hospitalized at 12-month follow-up, compared to nonsignificant changes in the comparison group. A sensitivity analysis comparing participants to a moderate-utilization comparison subgroup strengthened this observation. In contrast, the approach did not affect participants' BMI or eating disorder morbidity. Regarding HRQoL, mixed results were observed. In terms of sick leave, a beneficial but nonsignificant pattern was seen for participants. Discussion: These findings indicate that self-admission is a viable and helpful tool within a recovery model framework, even though it does not lead to symptom remission. In its proper context, self-admission could potentially transform healthcare from crisis-driven to pre-emptive, and promote autonomy for severely ill patients.
title: Pesticide Exposure Studies: Direct and Indirect Detection of Absorption of 2,4-D and Pronamide Herbicides in the Guinea Pig and Occupationally Exposed Workers
Creators: name: Al-Jabery, Ibrahim A.R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1980

description: A simple high pressure liquid chromatography procedure was used to determine 2,4-D and pronamide exposure in spraymen and their dermal absorption and excretion in guinea pigs.
Results of dermal application of these herbicides to guinea pigs demonstrated a strong correlation between the applied dermal dose and the urinary residue excretion over the dosage range tested. As the dosage was increased, the urinary excretion of residues was also increased. However, the excretion of 2,4-D amine mixture following dermal treatment of guinea pigs was prolonged as compared to that of pronamide.
Residue levels of these compounds were also determined to estimate skin contamination after sampling by filter pads attached to the clothing and arms of agricultural spraymen. Residues in the workers' urine before and after exposure were also determined. Average exposure values of 44.93 mg/hr/man for 2,40D and 0.83 mg/hr/man for pronamide were extrapolated from residue values obtained from analyzing the pads. Little correlation was found between the measured residues from exposed subjects and residues quantified in their urine samples.
Identifying typical trajectories in longitudinal data: modelling strategies and interpretations
Creators: name: Herle, M.
name: Abdulkadir, M.
name: Micali, N.
name: Bulik, C.M.
name: Bryant-Waugh, R.
name: De Stavola, B.L.
name: Loos, R.
name: Hübel, C.
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2020

description: Individual-level longitudinal data on biological, behavioural, and social dimensions are becoming increasingly available. Typically, these data are analysed using mixed effects models, with the result summarised in terms of an average trajectory plus measures of the individual variations around this average. However, public health investigations would benefit from finer modelling of these individual variations which identify not just one average trajectory, but several typical trajectories. If evidence of heterogeneity in the development of these variables is found, the role played by temporally preceding (explanatory) variables as well as the potential impact of differential trajectories may have on later outcomes is often of interest. A wide choice of methods for uncovering typical trajectories and relating them to precursors and later outcomes exists. However, despite their increasing use, no practical overview of these methods targeted at epidemiological applications exists. Hence we provide: (a) a review of the three most commonly used methods for the identification of latent trajectories (growth mixture models, latent class growth analysis, and longitudinal latent class analysis) and (b) recommendations for the identification and interpretation of these trajectories and of their relationship with other variables. For illustration, we use longitudinal data on childhood body mass index and parental reports of fussy eating, collected in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.
Hyper-gratings: nanophotonics in planar anisotropic metamaterials
Creators: name: Thongrattanasiri, Sukosin
name: Podolskiy, Viktor A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a technique capable of producing subwavelength focal spots in the far-field of the source in planar non-resonant structures. The approach combines the diffraction gratings that generate the high-wavevector-number modes and planar slabs of homogeneous anisotropic metamaterials that propagate these waves and combine them at the subwavelength focal spots. In a sense, the technique combines the benefits of Fresnel lens, near-field zone plates, hyperlens, and superlens, and at the same time resolves their fundamental limitations. Several realizations of the proposed technique for visible, near-IR, and mid-IR frequencies are proposed, and their performance is analyzed theoretically and numerically. Generalization of the developed approach for sub-diffractional on-chip photonics is suggested.
Specialist Supportive Clinical Management for anorexia nervosa: what it is (and what it is not)
Creators: name: Jordan, J.
name: McIntosh, V.V.W.
name: Bulik, C.M.
Publisher: name: SAGE Publications Inc.
Year: 2020

description: Objective: Specialist Supportive Clinical Management (SSCM) is a psychotherapy comprising a clinical management focus addressing anorexia nervosa (AN) symptoms and a supportive therapy component. SSCM has been an active control therapy in randomised controlled trials for AN, but has proven to be an effective therapy in its own right. There has been speculation about how this relatively straightforward therapy works. Some of the commentaries and descriptors used for SSCM, however, do not reflect the content or principles of SSCM. This paper clarifies areas of misunderstanding by describing what SSCM is and what it is not, particularly in relation to commentary about its constituent characteristics. Conclusions: SSCM utilises well established clinical management for AN (with a sustained focus on normalised eating and weight restoration) coupled with supportive therapy principles and strategies. Common factors across both arms include core counselling skills and a positive therapeutic alliance to promote adherence and retention in treatment for AN. Compared to other comparator therapies to date, SSCM is a simpler therapy without unique or novel theoretically derived strategies. Comparable outcomes with more complex psychotherapies raise the question of whether the combined core components of SSCM may be sufficient for many people with AN.
Interventions to Empower Adults with Eating Disorders and Their Partners around the Transition to Parenthood
Creators: name: Runfola, C.D.
name: Lock, J.D.
name: Sadeh-Sharvit, S.
name: Sacks, M.R.
name: Bulik, C.M.
Publisher: name: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Year: 2019

description: The transition to parenthood is perceived as a stressful life event, when parents experience an immense change of their psychological focus and a reorientation of roles and responsibilities in the family system. This process may be even more challenging in the presence of a parental eating disorder history. This paper reviews the impact of parental eating disorders on the parents, the couple relationship, and their child during the perinatal period. A parental eating disorder is associated with more negative expectations of parental efficacy as well as specific difficulties in couple communication over the child’s feeding, shape, and weight. Providers who better understand the effects of an eating disorder on parental functioning can more effectively intervene early on. We also present couple- or parent-based, empirically supported interventions for adults with eating disorders and their partners in the prenatal and postnatal periods: Uniting Couples in the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa (UCAN) and Uniting couples In the Treatment of Eating disorders (UNITE) both enhance recovery from the eating disorder through a couple-based intervention; the Maudsley Model of Treatment for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa (MANTRA) incorporates the support of partners, when appropriate; Parent-Based Prevention (PBP) focuses on improving parental functioning and reducing risk of negative parental and child outcomes. Finally, we discuss the clinical implications of addressing parental eating disorders and encourage more research on these families.
Fire now, fire later: alarm-based systems for prescriptive process monitoring
Creators: name: Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Stephan A.
name: Tax, Niek
name: Teinemaa, Irene
name: Dumas, Marlon
name: De Leoni, Massimiliano
name: Maggi, Fabrizio Maria
name: Weidlich, Matthias
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Process mining
subject: Process monitoring
subject: Prescriptive process monitoring
subject: 005 Computerprogrammierung, Computerprogramme, Daten

description: Predictive process monitoring is a family of techniques to analyze events produced during the execution of a business process in order to predict the future state or the final outcome of running process instances. Existing techniques in this field are able to predict, at each step of a process instance, the likelihood that it will lead to an undesired outcome. These techniques, however, focus on generating predictions and do not prescribe when and how process workers should intervene to decrease the cost of undesired outcomes. This paper proposes a framework for prescriptive process monitoring, which extends predictive monitoring with the ability to generate alarms that trigger interventions to prevent an undesired outcome or mitigate its effect. The framework incorporates a parameterized cost model to assess the cost–benefit trade-off of generating alarms. We show how to optimize the generation of alarms given an event log of past process executions and a set of cost model parameters. The proposed approaches are empirically evaluated using a range of real-life event logs. The experimental results show that the net cost of undesired outcomes can be minimized by changing the threshold for generating alarms, as the process instance progresses. Moreover, introducing delays for triggering alarms, instead of triggering them as soon as the probability of an undesired outcome exceeds a threshold, leads to lower net costs.
title: The Effect of Rain Leaching on Field Dried Alfalfa Hay Yield and Lamb Production from the Hay
Creators: name: KayKay, John M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: A 2 x 3 x 2 factorial arranged split plot experiment was used to determine the decrease of dry matter yield from field-dried alfalfa hay caused by the application of a measured quantity of artificial rain (sprinkling irrigation). The three hay treatment factors were (1) alfalfa hay was cut at late vegetative and early bloom stage of maturity and (2) leached by 0, 5 mm or 20 mm of artificial rain applied by sprinkling and (3) sprinkled in the swath, 24 or 48 hours after cutting.
Changes in dry matter yield were not significantly (P
Forty-eight lambs were fed for 56 days on the twelve experimental hays with four lambs (replications) per treatment. The 56 day feeding period was split into four 14-day pen-type feeding periods. (1, paired feeding in pen; 2, individual feeding in pen; 3, individual feeding in cage; and 4, paired feeding in pen.)
There was no significant response of the lamb to alfalfa hay quality (feed intake, weight gain or feed efficiency). Lambs increased feed intake when fed individually compared to pair feeding. The result was increased weight gain and feed efficiency of individually fed lambs. This was particularly evident during period two. There was a significant (P
Feed intake was higher during the second paired pen feeding period relative to the first paired pen feeding, but lower than the single pen feeding. Lambs consumed the rain damaged hay as well as or better than the control hay when fed individually. The also gained faster with the greater feed intake. These results show that sheep will utilize rain leached hay efficiently if it is not heat damaged. The complication of heat damage needs additional study.
The congruence criterion for power operations in Morava E-theory
Creators: name: Rezk, Charles
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55S25 (Primary), 55S12, 14L05 (Secondary)

description: We prove a congruence criterion for the algebraic theory of power operations in Morava E-theory, analogous to Wilkerson's congruence criterion for torsion free lambda-rings. In addition, we provide a geometric description of this congruence criterion, in terms of sheaves on the moduli problem of deformations of formal groups and Frobenius isogenies.
description: Revised version for publication
Surviving or thriving? Unraveling the business resources enabling competitive advantage in locally owned bridal boutiques
Creators: name: Swazan, Ishtehar Sharif
name: Das, Debanjan
name: Sherfinski, Melissa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Bridal boutiques quickly became the most popular bridal business as bridal dress is considered the biggest priority for any bride. To capture this market, many locally-owned bridal boutiques were established within U.S. local communities, subsequently becoming integral to the economic fabric by fostering entrepreneurship and generating employment opportunities. Our study aims to explore the resources possessed by these businesses in this post-pandemic period and how these resources are assisting in achieving competitive advantage. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were carried out for this study, and Resource-Based Theory (RBT) was used as the conceptual framework. The study findings unveiled that the knowledge and experience of business owners emerged as a vital resource, enabling boutique owners to effectively steer their businesses right from their inception. The study findings contributed to the existing body of small fashion/apparel business literature by presenting novel evidence regarding the competitive advantage of local bridal boutiques.
Lattice-Ramp Induced Dynamics in an Interacting Bose-Bose Mixture
Creators: name: Wernsdorfer, Julia
name: Snoek, Michiel
name: Hofstetter, Walter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a bosonic quantum gas consisting of two interacting species in an optical lattice at zero and finite temperature. The equilibrium properties and dynamics of this system are obtained by means of the Gutzwiller mean-field method. In particular we model recent experiments where the ramp-up of the optical lattice occurs on a time scale comparable to the tunneling time of the bosons. We demonstrate the violation of adiabaticity of this process with respect to the many-body quantum states, and reproduce and explain the oscillations of the visibility as a function of ramp-up time, as seen in experiments.
description: 11 pages, 12 figures
Supplementary Material from Eco-Friendly Synthesis of NiO and Ag/NiO Nanoparticles : Applications in Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activities
Creators: name: TN, Ravishankar
name: A, Ananda
name: BM, Shilpa
name: JR, Adarsh
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 349999
subject: Other chemical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: supplementory file - RSC open science - accepted.docx
Association of etiological factors across the extreme end and continuous variation in disordered eating in female Swedish twins
Creators: name: Gillberg, C.
name: Dinkler, L.
name: Råstam, M.
name: Bulik, C.M.
name: Hadjikhani, N.
name: Lichtenstein, P.
name: Taylor, M.J.
name: Lundström, S.
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2019

description: Background: Accumulating evidence suggests that many psychiatric disorders etiologically represent the extreme end of dimensionally distributed features rather than distinct entities. The extent to which this applies to eating disorders (EDs) is unknown. Methods: We investigated if there is similar etiology in (a) the continuous distribution of the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2), (b) the extremes of EDI-2 score, and (c) registered ED diagnoses, in 1481 female twin pairs at age 18 years (born 1992-1999). EDI-2 scores were self-reported at age 18. ED diagnoses were identified through the Swedish National Patient Register, parent-reported treatment and/or self-reported purging behavior of a frequency and duration consistent with DSM-IV criteria. We differentiated between anorexia nervosa (AN) and other EDs. Results: The heritability of the EDI-2 score was 0.65 (95% CI 0.61-0.68). The group heritabilities in DeFries-Fulker extremes analyses were consistent over different percentile-based extreme groups [0.59 (95% CI 0.37-0.81) to 0.65 (95% CI 0.55-0.75)]. Similarly, the heritabilities in liability threshold models were consistent over different levels of severity. In joint categorical-continuous models, the twin-based genetic correlation was 0.52 (95% CI 0.39-0.65) between EDI-2 score and diagnoses of other EDs, and 0.26 (95% CI 0.08-0.42) between EDI-2 score and diagnoses of AN. The non-shared environmental correlations were 0.52 (95% CI 0.32-0.70) and 0.60 (95% CI 0.38-0.79), respectively. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that some EDs can partly be conceptualized as the extreme manifestation of continuously distributed ED features. AN, however, might be more distinctly genetically demarcated from ED features in the general population than other EDs.
title: Nutrient Requirements of Ruminants in Developing Countries
Creators: name: Kearl, Leonard C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1982

description: This book was assembled using the latest information for compiling the nutrient requirements of sheep, goats, cattle and water buffalo. Because of the complexity of the interactions between an animal, its diet, its physiological state, and the environment; the values depicting the nutrient requirements are estimates and not absolutes. These values, however, are considered to be adequate to meet the minimum requirements of healthy animals maintained in a thermoneutral environment.
The mean energy and protein values used in the nutrient tables were arrived at from combining values found in the literature and those provided in personal communication with animal nutritionists in many developing countries. In some cases, only two or three observations were found for estimating the values used. Future research in ruminant nutrition should be designed to provide information needed to confirm or modify the values presented here.
Feed composition tables representing feeds commonly found in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East have been included for an easy reference when formulating diets. Units of expression of data in the tables of feed composition and animal nutrient requirements are presented using three systems: Metabolizable energy (ME), net energy (NE); total digestible nutrients (TDN) and Scandinavian feed units (FU). conversion factors from SE to ME, TDN, etc., are presented in Section 1 for those who need this information. Also a list of abbreviations used appear in Appendix 5.
A brief discussion showing three methods of calculating rations by hand are presented. Each of these methods permits some consideration for calculating a "least-cost" ration. It is important, however, that the person formulating a diet has a knowledge of the animal's nutrient requirements, an understanding of the digestibility and utilization of feeds and the various combinations required to formulate a diet adequate to supply all the needs of animals. Examples of hand calculated rations appear in Appendix 3.
Adulteration of feedstuffs is a common complaint from livestock producers in many developing countries. This problem has been encountered at various times throughout most regions of the world. In section 12, some suggestions are offered as a means to establish quality control regulations and to set standards for all manufactured feedstuffs offered for sale.