cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Sample Calibration of the Online CFM Survey
Creators: name: Felt, Marie-Helene
name: Laferrière, David
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: The Bank of Canada’s Currency Department has used the Canadian Financial Monitor (CFM) survey since 2009 to track Canadians’ cash usage, payment card ownership and usage, and the adoption of payment innovations. A new online CFM survey was launched in 2018. Because it uses non-probability sampling for data collection, selection bias is very likely. We outline various methods for obtaining survey weights and discuss the associated conditions necessary for these weights to eliminate selection bias. In the end, we obtain calibration weights for the 2018 and 2019 online CFM samples. Our final weights improve upon the default weights provided by the survey company in several ways: (i) we choose the calibration variables based on a fully documented selection procedure that employs machine learning techniques; (ii) we use very up-to-date calibration totals; (iii) for each survey year we obtain two sets of weights, one for the full yearly sample of CFM respondents, the other for the sub-sample of CFM respondents who also filled in the methods-of-payment module of the survey. 

description: Depuis 2009, le département de la Monnaie de la Banque du Canada se sert de l’enquête Canadian Financial Monitor (CFM) pour évaluer l’utilisation de l’argent comptant, la détention et l’utilisation de cartes de paiement ainsi que l’adoption d’innovations en matière de paiement par les Canadiens. Une nouvelle enquête CFM en ligne a été lancée en 2018. Le mode de collecte des données de cette enquête repose sur l’échantillonnage non probabiliste, qui induit très probablement un biais de sélection. Nous présentons plusieurs méthodes de pondération et analysons les conditions requises pour que ces pondérations puissent éliminer le biais de sélection. Nous obtenons ainsi des poids de calage pour les échantillons des enquêtes en ligne de 2018 et 2019. Nos pondérations définitives constituent une amélioration par-rapport à celles fournies par la société de sondage, et ce, de plusieurs façons : 1) nous choisissons les variables de calage selon une méthode de sélection entièrement étayée qui fait appel à des techniques d’apprentissage automatique; 2) nous utilisons des totaux de calage tout à fait à jour; 3) pour chaque année de l’enquête CFM, nous obtenons deux séries de pondérations – l’une pour l’échantillon annuel complet de répondants, et l’autre pour le sous-échantillon des répondants qui ont également rempli le module sur les modes de paiement.
title: A Comparison for Treatment Planning of Tomotherapy and Proton Therapy in Prostate Cancer
Creators: name: SONG, GWANSOO
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Research
subject: Oncology
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: VMAT and Tomotherapy
subject: Radiotherapy techniques
subject: Not applicable
subject: Case-control study
subject: Multicentre study

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Uncertainty of geometric position, breath, and cardiac impulse can cause distribution of radiation dose therefore extra radiation dose may be applied on normal tissues, and deficient radiation dose may be applied on Gross Tumor Volume(GTV) that may...
Masked Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Events in a Prospective Cohort of Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study
Creators: name: Booth III, John N.
name: Diaz, Keith
name: Seals, Samantha R.
name: Sims, Mario
name: Ravenell, Joseph
name: Muntner, Paul
name: Shimbo, Daichi
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
Hypertension
Cardiovascular system--Diseases
Mortality
Blood pressure
African Americans

description: Masked hypertension, defined as non-elevated clinic blood pressure (BP) with elevated out-of-clinic BP, has been associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Europeans and Asians. Few data are available on masked hypertension and CVD and mortality risk among African Americans (AAs).

We analyzed data from the Jackson Heart Study, a prospective cohort study of AAs. Analyses included participants with clinic-measured systolic/diastolic BP (SBP/DBP)<140/90mmHg who completed ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) following the baseline exam in 2000–2004 (n=738). Masked daytime (10:00am–8:00pm) hypertension was defined as mean ambulatory SBP/DBP≥135/85mmHg. Masked nighttime (midnight-6:00am) hypertension was defined as mean ambulatory SBP/DBP≥120/70mmHg. Masked 24-hour hypertension was defined as mean SBP/DBP≥130/80mmHg. CVD events (nonfatal/fatal stroke, nonfatal myocardial infarction or fatal coronary heart disease) and deaths identified through December 2010 were adjudicated. Any masked hypertension (masked daytime, nighttime or 24-hour hypertension) was present in 52.2% of participants; 28.2%, 48.2% and 31.7% had masked daytime, nighttime and 24-hour hypertension, respectively. There were 51 CVD events and 44 deaths over a median follow-up of 8.2 and 8.5 years, respectively. CVD rates per 1,000 person-years (95% CI) in participants with and without any masked hypertension were 13.5 (9.9–18.4) and 3.9 (2.2–7.1), respectively. The multivariable adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) for CVD was 2.49 (1.26–4.93) for any masked hypertension and 2.86 (1.59–5.13), 2.35 (1.23–4.50) and 2.52 (1.39–4.58) for masked daytime, nighttime and 24-hour hypertension, respectively. Masked hypertension was not associated with all-cause mortality.

Masked hypertension is common and associated with increased risk for CVD events in AAs.
title: The Effect of Oil Price Shocks on Asset Markets: Evidence from Oil Inventory News
Creators: name: Alquist, Ron
name: Ellwanger, Reinhard
name: Jin, Jianjian
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: We quantify the reaction of U.S. equity, bond futures, and exchange rate returns to oil price shocks driven by oil inventory news.

description: Nous quantifions la réaction des cours des actions, des contrats à terme sur obligations et des rendements des taux de change sur les marchés américains à des chocs pétroliers provoqués par des annonces sur les stocks d’hydrocarbures.
Vocal, morphological, and molecular interactions between vireo taxa in Alberta
Creators: name: Lovell, Scott Foley
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 2010

description: Bibliography: p. 160-189
description: Includes copy of certification of animal care. Original copy with original Partial Copyright Licence.
description: During the Pleistocene glaciations split the ranges of many North American species into disjunct populations that survived within ice-free refugia. These populations subsequently diverged genetically and phenotypically. After the glaciers receded many of these sister populations came into secondary contact and show distinct eastern and western forms (taxa). Such populations demonstrate various stages of speciation with some having reached partial, but not complete, reproductive isolation. One such example is provided by two subspecies of the Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus). The Eastern Warbling Vireo (Vireo g. gilvus) and the Western Warbling Vireo (V g. swainsoni) come into secondary contact in central Alberta. A previous study found differences in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) between the two taxa, and antidotal accounts suggest differences in song, morphology, and plumage coloration as well. My objectives were to analyze whether patterns of variation in mtDNA (Cyt b), song, morphometrics, and plumage are sufficiently distinct between the taxa to warrant their recognition as separate biological species, and to infer the level of hybridization occurring in the contact zone. My results indicate that the two taxa of Warbling Vireo are distinct in all of the characters examined. The two taxa come into contact in a very narrow ( < 50 km) area in Barrhead County northwest of Edmonton, Alberta. They show few signs of extensive hybridization. The distinct differences are maintained in the contact zone, where individuals of the two taxa were found occupying neighboring territories. These results lead me to conclude that they two taxa represent two distinct cryptic species: an eastern form, Vireo gilvus, and a western form, Vireo swainsoni. My findings add to the list of cryptic species discovered in the last 10 years, using DNA along with more traditional taxonomic characters (morphology and plumage). My results further our understanding the selective forces that maintain narrow contact zones, and gives insight into the evolutionary history shaping the biota of Alberta.
title: Scientific and educational innovation and integrative basis of foreign language education for teachers
Creators: name: ELS IPR BOOKS
Publisher: name: EDP Hub (Идипи Хаб), Ай Пи Ар Медиа
Year: 2025

description: The textbook provides a structured collection of lectures, seminars, and independent student work designed to support EMI teachers in implementing innovative teaching practices. One of the key features of this resource is its emphasis on formative assessment and the development of constructive feedback skills. The textbook includes tasks with assessment criteria and descriptors, serving as practical examples for teachers to evaluate student progress effectively. It aligns with the updated content of education, addressing the needs of modern teaching methodologies and the integration of digital technologies in foreign language education (FLE). This textbook is a comprehensive teaching aid designed for bachelor’s degree students, graduate students, secondary school teachers, school administrators, regional coordinators, and educational department professionals.
Psychosocial Correlates of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
Creators: name: Spruill, Tanya M.
name: Shallcross, Amanda J.
name: Ogedegbe, Gbenga
name: Chaplin, William F.
name: Butler, Mark
name: Palfrey, Amy
name: Shimbo, Daichi
name: Muntner, Paul
name: Sims, Mario
name: Sarpong, Daneil F.
name: Agyemang, Charles
name: Ravenell, Joseph
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Blood pressure
Blood pressure--Psychological aspects
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
Hypertension
African Americans
Social networks

description: BACKGROUND: African Americans exhibit a lower degree of nocturnal blood pressure  (BP) dipping compared with Whites, but the reasons for reduced BP dipping in this group are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to identify psychosocial factors associated with BP dipping in a population-based cohort of African Americans.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 668 Jackson Heart Study (JHS) participants with valid 24-hour ambulatory BP data and complete data on psychosocial factors of interest including stress, negative emotions, and psychosocial resources (e.g., perceived support). The association of each psychosocial factor with BP dipping percentage and nondipping status (defined as  <10% BP dipping) was assessed using linear and Poisson regression models, respectively, with progressive adjustment for demographic, socioeconomic, biomedical, and behavioral factors.
RESULTS: The prevalence of nondipping was 64%. Higher depressive symptoms, higher hostility, and lower perceived social support were associated with a lower BP dipping percentage in unadjusted models and after adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, and mean 24-hour systolic BP (P < 0.05). Only perceived support was associated with BP dipping percentage in fully adjusted models. Also, after full  multivariable adjustment, the prevalence ratio for nondipping BP associated with  1 SD (7.1 unit) increase in perceived support was 0.93 (95% CI: 0.88-0.99). No other psychosocial factors were associated with nondipping status.
CONCLUSIONS: Lower perceived support was associated with reduced BP dipping in this study. The role of social support as a potentially modifiable determinant of nocturnal BP dipping warrants further investigation.
title: The New Benchmark for Forecasts of the Real Price of Crude Oil
Creators: name: Benmoussa, Amor Aniss
name: Ellwanger, Reinhard
name: Snudden, Stephen
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: How can we assess the quality of a forecast? We propose a new benchmark to evaluate forecasts of temporally aggregated series and show that the real price of oil is more difficult to predict than we thought.

description: Comment évaluer la qualité d’une prévision? Nous proposons une nouvelle référence pour évaluer les prévisions de séries de données faisant l’objet d’une agrégation temporelle et montrons que les prix réels du pétrole sont plus difficiles à prévoir que nous le pensions.
Rigorous Performance Bounds for Quadratic and Nested Dynamical Decoupling
Creators: name: Xia, Yuhou
name: Uhrig, Gotz S.
name: Lidar, Daniel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present rigorous performance bounds for the quadratic dynamical decoupling (QDD) pulse sequence which protects a qubit from general decoherence, and for its nested generalization to an arbitrary number of qubits. Our bounds apply under the assumption of instantaneous pulses and of bounded perturbing environment and qubit-environment Hamiltonians such as those realized by baths of nuclear spins in quantum dots. We prove that if the total sequence time is fixed then the trace-norm distance between the unperturbed and protected system states can be made arbitrarily small by increasing the number of applied pulses.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures. v2: minor edits. This version to be published in PRA
Additional file 17: of RNA-Seq analysis reveals transcript diversity and active genes after common cutworm (Spodoptera litura Fabricius) attack in resistant and susceptible wild soybean lines
Creators: name: Du, Haiping
name: Li, Xiao
name: Ning, Lihua
name: Qin, Rui
name: Du, Qing
name: Wang, Qing
name: Song, Haina
name: Huang, Fang
name: Wang, Hui
name: Yu, Deyue
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S4. Phenotypes of transgenic and control plants. (a) The two plants on the left are Jack control plants, and the two plants on the right are P4-2 plants; (b) the two plants on the left are Jack control plants, and the two plants on the right are P8-2 plants; (c) the CCW larvae before and after feeding on the control and transgenic plants. (DOCX 187 kb)
title: Osteoporosis screening from screening chest LDCT: Imaging Processing, Trabecular and Cortical Architecture of Vertebra and its Analysis
Creators: name: Tanioka, Hisaya
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Experimental
subject: Retrospective
subject: Geriatrics
subject: Arthritides
subject: Computer Applications-Virtual imaging
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: CT-Quantitative
subject: CT
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Bones
subject: Anatomy
subject: Musculoskeletal

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Millions of screening chest LDCT exams are performed annually in the World. Although these data include bone information, there is no method to extract cortical and trabecular bone information. This bone information is important to know the status...
title: IMPACT: The Bank of Canada’s International Model for Projecting Activity
Creators: name: Blagrave, Patrick
name: Godbout, Claudia
name: Guénette, Justin-Damien
name: Lalonde, René
name: Perevalov, Nikita
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: We present the structure and features of the International Model for Projecting Activity (IMPACT), a global semi-structural model used to conduct projections and policy analysis at the Bank of Canada. Major blocks of the model are developed based on the rational error correction framework of Kozicki and Tinsley (1999), which allows the model to strike a balance between theoretical structure and empirical performance. IMPACT divides the world economy into six regions: United States, the euro area, Japan, China, oil-importing emerging-market economies and oil-exporting rest of the world. The model features a rich set of cross-border trade and financial linkages that have been shown in the literature to be crucial to explaining global co-movements in business cycles. It is also globally consistent in the sense that both net foreign assets and net exports must be equal to zero at the global level. These cross-region linkages and the global stock-flow consistency allow IMPACT to generate a rigorous and more complete picture of the evolution of the global economy to better inform policy.

description: Nous présentons la structure et les caractéristiques d’IMPACT (International Model for Projecting Activity), un modèle semi-structurel de l’économie mondiale utilisé à la Banque du Canada pour l’élaboration de projections et l’analyse de politiques. La constitution des principaux blocs d’IMPACT repose sur le modèle à correction rationnelle des erreurs proposé par Kozicki et Tinsley (1999), qui réussit à concilier contenu théorique et comportement empirique. Le modèle IMPACT découpe le globe en six blocs régionaux (États-Unis, zone euro, Japon, Chine, pays émergents importateurs de pétrole et autres pays exportateurs de pétrole). Il se distingue par ses nombreux liens commerciaux et financiers interrégionaux, que la littérature considère comme un facteur explicatif déterminant de la synchronicité des cycles économiques. Il présente en outre une cohérence sur le plan mondial, en ce sens où les actifs étrangers nets et les exportations nettes doivent équivaloir à zéro à l’échelle mondiale. Grâce à cette prise en compte de l’interdépendance régionale et à la cohérence stock-flux à l’échelle mondiale, le modèle dresse un portrait rigoureux et plus complet de l’évolution de l’économie mondiale, ce qui permet de mieux éclairer la prise de décisions.
Masked Hypertension and Incident Clinic Hypertension Among Blacks in the Jackson  Heart Study
Creators: name: Abdalla, Marwah
name: Booth III, John N.
name: Seals, Samantha R.
name: Spruill, Tanya M.
name: Viera, Anthony J.
name: Diaz, Keith
name: Sims, Mario
name: Muntner, Paul
name: Shimbo, Daichi
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Hypertension
Hypertension--Diagnosis
Blood pressure
African Americans

description: Masked hypertension, defined as nonelevated clinic blood pressure (BP) and elevated out-of-clinic BP may be an intermediary stage in the progression from normotension to hypertension. We examined the associations of out-of-clinic BP and masked hypertension using ambulatory BP monitoring with incident clinic hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study, a prospective cohort of blacks. Analyses included 317 participants with clinic BP <140/90 mm Hg, complete ambulatory BP monitoring, who were not taking antihypertensive medication at baseline in 2000 to 2004. Masked daytime hypertension was defined as mean daytime blood pressure ≥135/85 mm Hg, masked night-time hypertension as mean night-time BP ≥120/70 mm Hg, and masked 24-hour hypertension as mean 24-hour BP ≥130/80 mm Hg. Incident clinic hypertension, assessed at study visits in 2005 to 2008 and 2009 to 2012, was defined as the first visit with clinic systolic/diastolic BP ≥140/90 mm Hg or antihypertensive medication use. During a median follow-up of 8.1 years, there were 187 (59.0%) incident cases of clinic hypertension. Clinic hypertension developed in 79.2% and 42.2% of participants with and without any masked hypertension, 85.7% and 50.4% with and without masked daytime hypertension, 79.9% and 43.7% with and without masked night-time hypertension, and 85.7% and 48.2% with and without masked 24-hour hypertension, respectively. Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) of incident clinic hypertension for any masked hypertension and masked daytime, night-time, and 24-hour hypertension were 2.13 (1.51-3.02), 1.79 (1.24-2.60), 2.22 (1.58-3.12), and 1.91 (1.32-2.75), respectively. These findings suggest that ambulatory BP monitoring can identify blacks at increased risk for developing clinic hypertension.
title: Hydrology days, 2019 - Student showcase: Hydrology is for everyone! - conference program
title: AGU hydrology days 2019
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Student showcase: Hydrology is for everyone!
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Conference program: Hydrology days, 2019 - Student showcase: Hydrology is for everyone!
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: American Geophysical Union, Author
name: Colorado State University, Author
name: Colorado State University, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Hydrology -- Congresses

description: Includes the schedule and presentation abstracts only. The 39th annual AGU hydrology days was held in the Lory Student Center at Colorado State University on March 27-March 29, 2019. The meeting provides a unique opportunity for students, faculty, staff and practitioners to engage in wide range of water-related interdisciplinary research topics. In addition to hydrologic systems, the event covers a broad range of water concerns, including agriculture and water rights, sustainability and conservation, climate change and urbanization, economics and policy. The conference includes the Student Showcase: Hydrology is for Everyone! This program includes hyperlinks to each abstract.
description: For selected presentations, please see Colorado Water, vol. 36, issue 3: https://hdl.handle.net/10217/198519.
title: Audit of contrast medium extravasation during CT scan and measures to reduce it
Creators: name: Teo, Michael
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Professional Issues
subject: Contrast agents
subject: Professional issues
subject: Vascular
subject: CT
subject: Complications
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Venous access
subject: Outcomes
subject: Retrospective
subject: Diagnostic or prognostic study

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Contrast medium extravasation (CME) while not common can be serious. It is an adverse outcome for patients. It causes pain and swelling. Serious complications may occur such as tissue necrosis and compartment syndrome. It has potential medico-legal...
Preventing the accidental guerrilla syndrome : reintegration and reconciliation as tools of war and control
Creators: name: Morgan, David
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Conventional evaluations of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs suggest that the disappointing policy outcomes of DDR are largely the result of shortcomings in their design, and overcome through technical, apolitical, and ostensibly ‘developmental’ solutions. This perspective, however, overlooks the profoundly politicized nature of the post-conflict environment, in which political actors attempt to secure patronage networks and rents and reinforce or alter the balance of power in their favour. This paper will argue that, within this context, reintegration and reconciliation programs can be strategically introduced by the dominant faction in a conflict in order to further pacify its rivals and reinforce its control over the post-war environment. With specific reference to the war in northern Uganda, it will reveal how the amnesty and reintegration programs implemented became tools of the broader counterinsurgency effort, as they were designed to gain leverage over ex-combatants and prevent their return to the war as “accidental guerrillas.” In the process, the government of Uganda secured its monopoly over the means of violence in this region, thereby expanding its control over a historically “unruly” population. Reintegration and reconciliation were largely secondary to these underlying legacies of exploitation and structural violence, presenting numerous implications for post-conflict reconstruction and the international donors that continue to fund these initiatives. By locating the outcomes of peace-building initiatives within the broader historical processes of social conflict, this paper offers an alternative theoretical framework for considering the limitations of reintegration and reconciliation initiatives.
Deliverable D7.2 – Completed Policy review and mapping and field research activities
Creators: name: Vignoli, Michela
name: Toli, Eleni
name: Schmidt, Birgit
name: Luzi, Daniela
name: Kraker, Peter
name: Ross-Hellauer, Tony
name: Woutersen-Windhouwer, Saskia
name: Mappet Walker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: OpenUP Completed Policy review mapping field research activities

description: This report reviews and maps European policies relating to Open Science in order to identify areas where OpenUP’s findings and recommendations could support policy-makers and other stakeholders promoting Open Science uptake. The review particularly focuses on policies and initiatives in areas of open peer review, innovative dissemination, altmetrics as well as issues related to gender equality in research and academia.
LHC Phenomenology and Cosmology of String-Inspired Intersecting D-Brane Models
Creators: name: Anchordoqui, Luis A.
name: Antoniadis, Ignatios
name: Goldberg, Haim
name: Huang, Xing
name: Lust, Dieter
name: Taylor, Tomasz R.
name: Vlcek, Brian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the phenomenology and cosmology of a Standard-like Model inspired by string theory, in which the gauge fields are localized on D-branes wrapping certain compact cycles on an underlying geometry, whose intersection can give rise to chiral fermions. The energy scale associated with string physics is assumed to be near the Planck mass. To develop our program in the simplest way, we work within the construct of a minimal model with gauge-extended sector U (3)_B \times Sp (1)_L \times U (1)_{I_R} \times U (1)_L. The resulting U (1) content gauges the baryon number B, the lepton number L, and a third additional abelian charge I_R which acts as the third isospin component of an SU(2)_R. All mixing angles and gauge couplings are fixed by rotation of the U(1) gauge fields to a basis diagonal in hypercharge Y and in an anomaly free linear combination of I_R and B-L. The anomalous $Z'$ gauge boson obtains a string scale Stückelberg mass via a 4D version of the Green-Schwarz mechanism. To keep the realization of the Higgs mechanism minimal, we add an extra SU(2) singlet complex scalar, which acquires a VEV and gives a TeV-scale mass to the non-anomalous gauge boson Z". The model is fully predictive and can be confronted with dijet and dilepton data from LHC8 and, eventually, LHC14. We show that M_{Z"} \approx 3 - 4 TeV saturates current limits from the CMS and ATLAS collaborations. We also show that for M_{Z"} \alt 5 TeV, LHC14 will reach discovery sensitivity \agt 5σ. After that, we demostrate in all generality that Z" milli-weak interactions could play an important role in observational cosmology. Finally, we examine some phenomenological aspects of the supersymmetric extension of the D-brane construct.
description: Matching version to be published in Physical Review D. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:0808.1405, arXiv:astro-ph/0205116, arXiv:hep-ph/0305075, arXiv:astro-ph/0406663, arXiv:hep-ph/0411125 by other authors
title: Standardization of Scrotal Ultrasound Protocol in a Major Trauma and Emergency Center
Creators: name: Jaleel, Zeyad
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Emergency Imaging
subject: Anatomy
subject: Emergency
subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Colour Doppler
subject: Ultrasound-Spectral Doppler
subject: Audit and standards
subject: Education
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Quality assurance
subject: Retrospective
subject: Cross-sectional study
subject: Performed at one institution

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To identify the current level of consistency in procuring ultrasonographic images and how well they match the current international standards. Aim to reach a consistent 50% compliance rate to the proposed protocol of scrotal ultrasound studies in...
Additional file 20: of RNA-Seq analysis reveals transcript diversity and active genes after common cutworm (Spodoptera litura Fabricius) attack in resistant and susceptible wild soybean lines
Creators: name: Du, Haiping
name: Li, Xiao
name: Ning, Lihua
name: Qin, Rui
name: Du, Qing
name: Wang, Qing
name: Song, Haina
name: Huang, Fang
name: Wang, Hui
name: Yu, Deyue
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Figure S7. Detailed diagram of vector DC60005, including GmPT1 (a); and identification of transgenic plants by PCR amplification (b). M1: 1000 bp marker; 2: control of H2O; 3: control of plasmid; 4: control of nontransgenic plants; 5-9: 5 transgenic plants of line P4; and 10-14: 5 transgenic plants of line P8. (DOCX 180 kb)
title: Why Fixed Costs Matter for Proof-of-Work Based Cryptocurrencies
Creators: name: Garratt, Rod
name: van Oordt, Maarten
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: "Ensuring that the record of Bitcoin transactions is secure uses a lot of computational power. Miners, who supply this power to the Bitcoin network, earn transaction fees and new bitcoins. Ultimately, though, bitcoin miners will earn only fees as the number of new bitcoins slowly declines to zero. As mining rewards wane, some experts say that Bitcoin will become vulnerable to attacks.

Will Bitcoin transactions remain secure in the future? Our analysis focuses on the fact that mining some cryptocurrencies requires investment in specialized computing hardware. We look at the impact this fixed cost has on the feasibility of a profitable double-spending attack.

We show that specialized hardware gives an added layer of protection to the Bitcoin network. As a result, things look less gloomy for the security of the Bitcoin transaction record. Smaller cryptocurrencies that rely on the same specialized hardware as larger ones may be less protected."

description: "Une immense puissance de calcul informatique est nécessaire pour assurer la sûreté du registre des transactions en bitcoins. Ceux qui fournissent cette puissance – les mineurs – touchent en retour les frais de transaction et de nouveaux bitcoins. Si le nombre de nouveaux bitcoins finit par diminuer jusqu’à devenir nul, les frais de transaction deviendront la seule rémunération des mineurs. Des experts affirment que la baisse de la récompense versée aux mineurs rendra le Bitcoin vulnérable aux attaques.

Qu’en sera-t-il de la sûreté des transactions en bitcoins dans l’avenir? Dans notre analyse, nous nous sommes intéressés au fait que le minage de certaines cryptomonnaies exige un matériel informatique spécialisé coûteux. Nous avons examiné dans quelle mesure ce coût fixe influe sur la possibilité de mener une attaque à double dépense rentable.

Nous montrons que le matériel informatique spécialisé procure une couche supplémentaire de protection au réseau Bitcoin et qu’un grand péril ne menacerait donc pas la sécurité du registre des transactions. Des cryptomonnaies moins recherchées, mais qui reposent sur le même matériel spécialisé ne seraient peut-être pas aussi bien protégées."
Short-Term Risk of Serious Fall Injuries in Older Adults Initiating and Intensifying Treatment With Antihypertensive Medication
Creators: name: Shimbo, Daichi
name: Bowling, C. Barrett
name: Levitan, Emily B.
name: Deng, Luqin
name: Sim, John J.
name: Huang, Lei
name: Reynolds, Kristi
name: Muntner, Paul
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Hypotensive agents
Falls (Accidents) in old age
Older people

description: Background—Antihypertensive medication use has been associated with an increased risk of falls in some but not all studies. Few data are available on the short-term risk of falls after antihypertensive medication initiation and intensification.

Methods and Results—We examined the association between initiating and intensifying antihypertensive medication and serious fall injuries in a case-crossover study of 90 127 Medicare beneficiaries who were ≥65 years old and had a serious fall injury between July 1, 2007, and December 31, 2012, based on emergency department and inpatient claims. Antihypertensive medication initiation was defined by a prescription fill with no fills in the previous year. Intensification was defined by the addition of a new antihypertensive class, and separately, titration by the addition of a new class or increase in dosage of a current class. Exposures were ascertained for the 15 days before the fall (case period) and six 15-day earlier periods (control periods). Overall, 272, 1508, and 3113 Medicare beneficiaries initiated, added a new class of antihypertensive medication or titrated therapy within 15 days of their serious fall injury. The odds for a serious fall injury was increased during the 15 days after antihypertensive medication initiation (odds ratio, 1.36 [95% confidence interval, 1.19–1.55]), adding a new class (odds ratio, 1.16 [95% confidence interval, 1.10–1.23]), and titration [odds ratio, 1.13 [95% confidence interval, 1.08–1.18]). These associations were attenuated beyond 15 days.

Conclusions—Antihypertensive medication initiation and intensification was associated with a short-term, but not long-term, increased risk of serious fall injuries among older adults.
title: Announcing the Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility: a COVID‑19 event study
Creators: name: Arora, Rohan
name: Gungor, Sermin
name: McRae, Kaetlynd
name: Witmer, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: The Bank of Canada launched the Bankers’ Acceptance Purchase Facility (BAPF) to ensure that the bankers’ acceptance (BA) market could continue to function well during the financial crisis induced by the COVID‑19 pandemic. We review the impact that the announcement of this facility had on BA yields in the secondary market. We find that BA yield spreads declined by 15 basis points on the day of the announcement and by up to 70 basis points over a longer period. Using an econometric framework, we quantify the effect of the announcement and confirm early assertions presented in the Bank’s 2020 Financial System Review.

description: La Banque du Canada a lancé la facilité d’achat d’acceptations bancaires (FAAB) pour s’assurer que le marché des acceptations bancaires pourrait continuer à bien fonctionner durant la crise financière provoquée par la pandémie de COVID‑19. Nous nous penchons dans la présente étude sur l’effet qu’a eu l’annonce du lancement de cette facilité sur les rendements des acceptations bancaires négociées sur le marché secondaire. Nous constatons que les écarts de rendement de ces instruments ont baissé de 15 points de base le jour de l’annonce, et de jusqu’à 70 points de base sur une période plus longue. En nous appuyant sur un cadre d’analyse économétrique, nous quantifions l’effet de l’annonce et confirmons les thèses préliminaires qui avaient été présentées dans la livraison de 2020 de la Revue du système financier de la Banque.
title: Dynamic contrast enhancement and diffusion weighted MR imaging in MSK tumour recurrence – limited benefit compared to conventional MRI
Creators: name: Arlachov, Yuriy
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Musculoskeletal
subject: Musculoskeletal bone
subject: Musculoskeletal soft tissue
subject: Oncology
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR-Functional imaging
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Cancer
subject: Neoplasia
subject: Retrospective
subject: Not applicable
subject: Performed at one institution

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To evaluate the role and impact of functional MRI for the diagnosis of MSK soft tissue and bone tumour recurrence and residual...
title: To verify the need of head and pelvis radiation protective devices in performing CT chest scan in mainland China
Creators: name: Chau, Anson
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Performed at one institution
subject: Radiation Protection
subject: Radioprotection / Radiation dose
subject: CT
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Education and training
subject: Not applicable
subject: Experimental

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: In the People's Republic of China, there are several national guidelines for radiation protection to patients undergoing radiological examinations using x-ray.Section 7.6,one of themandatory sections of national standard of 'Radiological protection...
Topological solitons in three-band superconductors with broken time reversal symmetry
Creators: name: Garaud, Julien
name: Carlstrom, Johan
name: Babaev, Egor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that three-band superconductors with broken time reversal symmetry allow magnetic flux-carrying stable topological solitons which have only a slightly higher energy than ordinary vortices. Therefore they can be induced by fluctuations or quenching the system through a phase transition. It can provide an experimental signature of the time reversal symmetry breakdown.
description: One of the references is corrected. No changes in the results
title: Monetary Policy and Cross-Border Interbank Market Fragmentation: Lessons from the Crisis
Creators: name: Blattner, Tobias
name: Swarbrick, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2020

description: We present a two-country model featuring risky lending and cross-border interbank market frictions. We find that (i) the strength of the financial accelerator, when applied to banks operating under uncertainty in an interbank market, will critically depend on the economic and financial structure of the economy; (ii) adverse shocks to the real economy can be the source of banking crisis, causing an increase in interbank funding costs, aggravating the initial shock; and (iii) asset purchases and central bank long-term refinancing operations can be effective substitutes for, or supplements to, conventional monetary policy.

description: Nous présentons un modèle à deux pays intégrant des prêts risqués et des frictions sur le marché interbancaire transfrontière. Nous constatons que : 1) l’importance de l’effet de l’accélérateur financier, appliqué aux banques qui effectuent des opérations sur le marché interbancaire en contexte d’incertitude, dépend essentiellement de la structure économique et financière; 2) les chocs défavorables qui ébranlent l’économie réelle peuvent entraîner une crise bancaire, ce qui fait augmenter les coûts de financement interbancaire, aggravant ainsi le choc initial; et 3) les achats d’actifs et les opérations de refinancement à long terme des banques centrales peuvent efficacement remplacer ou compléter la politique monétaire traditionnelle.
title: A web-service tool to generate crop rotation management input files for spatially distributed agroecosystem models
title: Hydrology days 2013
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: AGU hydrology days 2013
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Kipka, Holm
name: David, Olaf
name: Lyon, Jim
name: Garcia, Luis A.
name: Green, Timothy R.
name: Ascough, James C.
name: Rojas, Ken
name: Colorado State University, Publisher
Publisher: name: Mountain Scholar
Year: 2013

description: 2013 annual AGU hydrology days was held at Colorado State University on March 25 - March 27, 2013.
description: Includes bibliographical references.
description: For water quality assessment, there are currently models available like the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), Agricultural Policy / Environmental eXtender (APEX) and the component-based AgroEcoSystem-Watershed (AgES-W). These models use similar conceptual components to simulate nutrient and chemical transport by water using spatially distributed ecosystem response units (ERUs) and require input data about agricultural management operations for each ERU. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is developing a Land Management and Operation Database (LMOD) which contains input data suitable as potential model input, but LMOD does not provide spatial functionality. A Java-based web-service tool, the Crop Rotation and Management Builder (CRMB), provides the missing spatial information for LMOD by using a spatially enabled data provider, the CropScape web service from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The NASS CropScape service offers a remote sensing based raster Crop Data Layer (CDL) for a specific year and a spatial Area of Interest (AOI). The ERUs are represented as a polygon in an ESRI shape file or as a list of point-coordinates (to shape a geometry) text file. CRMB queries the annual main crop information from the NASS CropScape web-service for available CDL years. After reclassifying crop information within each AOI to adjust the final crop area using NASS CropScape provided accuracy values, CRMB selects the crop information by majority area size. CRMB then detects a sequence of main crops for every AOI and year, matches the crop sequence to actual available crop rotation information in LMOD, and links the AOI to an actual crop rotation with all available management operation information. Finally, CRMB generates required management input files for the AgES-W model.
Sindh and the question of historiography in Colonial India—Part II
Creators: name: Ahmed Asif, Manan
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2017
Subjects: History
Historiography
Muslims--Historiography
Muslim historians
British Occupation of India (1765-1947)

description: This essay examines histories of colonial British India and the annexation of Sindh in 1843 from two perspective. The first is the colonial historiographic project that frames the history of Islam in India, creates an archive for its study, and produces the political and military dominance of Sindh. Fundamentally, it argues that Muslims in India cannot produce their own histories for they lack the language and archives for scientific objectivity. In response, a set of Indian intellectuals take on the project of writing histories of Sindh from the 1890s to 1950s. These histories are written in direct dialogue with the colonial archive and insist on their engagement with social scientific methodologies and tools. In re-thinking this past, the essay argues that vernacular historiography was itself deemed un-scientific by modern South Asian historians and abandoned as not “proper history.” This essay thus reflects on the after-effects of a truncated conversation on history for both anti-colonial thought and histories of anti-colonialism.
A Large X-ray Flare from a Single Weak-lined T Tauri Star TWA-7 Detected with MAXI GSC
Creators: name: Uzawa, Akiko
name: Tsuboi, Yohko
name: Morii, Mikio
name: Yamazaki, Kyohei
name: Kawai, Nobuyuki
name: Matsuoka, Masaru
name: Nakahira, Satoshi
name: Serino, Motoko
name: Matsumura, Takanori
name: Mihara, Tatehiro
name: Tomida, Hiroshi
name: Ueda, Yoshihiro
name: Sugizaki, Mutsumi
name: Ueno, Shiro
name: Daikyuji, Arata
name: Ebisawa, Ken
name: Eguchi, Satoshi
name: Hiroi, Kazuo
name: Ishikawa, Masaki
name: Isobe, Naoki
name: Kawasaki, Kazuyoshi
name: Kimura, Masashi
name: Kitayama, Hiroki
name: Kohama, Mitsuhiro
name: Kotani, Taro
name: Nakagawa, Yujin E.
name: Nakajima, Motoki
name: Negoro, Hitoshi
name: Ozawa, Hiroshi
name: Shidatsu, Megumi
name: Sootome, Tetsuya
name: Sugimori, Kousuke
name: Suwa, Fumitoshi
name: Tsunemi, Hiroshi
name: Usui, Ryuichi
name: Yamamoto, Takayuki
name: Yamaoka, Kazutaka
name: Yoshida, Atsumasa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a large X-ray flare from a nearby weak-lined T Tauri star TWA-7 detected with the Gas Slit Camera (GSC) on the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI). The GSC captured X-ray flaring from TWA-7 with a flux of $3\times10^{-9}$ ergs cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ in 2--20 keV band during the scan transit starting at UT 2010-09-07 18:24:30.The estimated X-ray luminosity at the scan in the energy band is 3$\times10^{32}$ ergs s$^{-1}$,indicating that the event is among the largest X-ray flares fromT Tauri stars.Since MAXI GSC monitors a target only during a scan transit of about a minute per 92 min orbital cycle, the luminosity at the flare peak might have been higher than that detected. At the scan transit, we observed a high X-ray-to-bolometric luminosity ratio, log $L_{\rm X}/L_{\rm bol}$ = $-0.1^{+0.2}_{-0.3}$; i.e., the X-ray luminosity is comparable to the bolometric luminosity. Since TWA-7 has neither an accreting disk nor a binary companion, the observed event implies that none of those are essential to generate such big flares in T Tauri stars.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, 1 table accepted for publication in PASJ