cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of The effect of parental pain, disability benefits and education on risk of long-term sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders and the modifying effect of sleep and physical activity: the HUNT study
Creators: name: Moe, Karoline
name: Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup
name: Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund
name: Mork, Paul Jarle
name: Aasdahl, Lene
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biotechnology
Science Policy
Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 1
title: Second Growth Forest as Potential Marten Habitat in Western Newfoundland: An Examination of Forest Habitat Structure and Microtine Abundance
Creators: name: Sturtevant, Brian R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: The American marten (Martes americana) is associated with large tracts of relatively undisturbed, mature coniferous forests. I examined coarse woody debris (CWO) structure and small mammal abundance with respect to forest age and stem structure within second-growth forests, in comparison with old-growth stands in western Newfoundland. Results suggest that a critical change in marten habitat quality may occur at stand senescence, due to decreased tree competition, more complex subcanopy structure, and increased meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) abundance.
Analysis of stem structure within a chronosequence of 19 second-growth stands indicated high intertree competition, with dense canopy closure and active self-thinning, until stand senescence at 80 years. Old-growth stands were less dense, offering more canopy openings. CWD volume observed within the chronosequence demonstrated the typical U-shaped temporal relationship observed in other forested systems. Lowest CWD volumes were observed within semimature to mature second growth. Highest levels of both CWD volume and structural complexity corresponded with stand senescence and old growth.
Small mammals were sampled within immature, semimature, mature, and silviculturally overmature coniferous stands in western Newfoundland during 1993 and 1994. Meadow voles were most abundant within overmature stands (P
Results from this study suggest that the critical elements of marten foraging habitat currently are found within a senescent forest stand structure. Further review of the literature and Newfoundland harvest records indicated that anthropogenic disturbance transformed a historically heterogeneous forested landscape into a more contiguous, even-aged, second-growth environment. Using the stand density management diagram, I designed a silvicultural approach to marten habitat management that simulates the structure of older forests within younger stages of forest development.
Globular clusters as cosmic clocks: new cosmological hints from their integrated light
Creators: name: Tomasetti, Elena
name: Moresco, Michele
name: Lardo, Carmela
name: Cimatti, Andrea
name: Jimenez, Raul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the reliability and robustness in measuring the age, metallicity and mass of a sample of old Milky Way globular clusters (GCs) from their integrated light, setting the stage for using GCs as cosmic clocks at high redshift. We analyse 77 GCs from the WAGGS project, first by measuring Lick indices and spectroscopic breaks with PyLick, then performing full-spectral-fitting (FSF) with BAGPIPES. The analysis of Lick indices offers an estimate of the GCs' age and [Z/H], generally aligning with literature values, but highlights a subset of old GCs for which we estimate younger ages. This discrepancy is attributed to the presence of blue horizontal branches (HB), which are not accounted for in the stellar population models. With FSF we measure the GCs' ages, [Z/H], and masses, also testing the cosmological prior's impact on ages. Compared to isochrone fitting estimates, ages are best recovered when the cosmological prior is removed, with a 20% increase in GCs' ages compatible with literature values (within $\pm$1.5 Gyr). The derived [Z/H] and mass agree with the reference values, regardless of HB morphology or fit setting, with average discrepancies across the entire sample of $Δ$[Z/H]=-0.02$\pm$0.24 dex and $Δlog(M/M_{\odot})=0.04\pm 0.28$ dex. Ages are best recovered for metal-rich GCs ([Z/H]$\geq$-0.4) showing a red HB (HBR>0), with 70% of the results compatible with literature values. Using a Gaussian Mixture Model, we identify a tail of 24 old GCs with age=13.4$\pm$1.1 Gyr. Being a natural lower limit to the age of the Universe, we use this value to constrain $H_0$, obtaining $H_0 = 70.5^{+7.7}_{-6.3}$ km/s/Mpc (stat+syst) when a flat $Λ$CDM with $Ω_m =0.30 \pm 0.02$ is assumed. Validating the study of GCs based on integrated light lays the foundation to extend this type of study to high-z, where lensed GCs have begun to appear, thanks to JWST. (abridged)
description: 16 pages, 9 figures. Submitted to A&A
title: A Survey of Employees of the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal Damage Control Program
Creators: name: Schroeder, Susan A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: This study examined the attitudes of employees of the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal Damage Control (ADC) Program. This research examined ADC employees' attitudes about wildlife, the ADC program and ADC employment, wildlife damage management methods, euthanasia and the killing process, and the role of various public and private groups on ADC policy. This study also applied the theory of organizational capture to the ADC program to test its utility in explaining the attitudes and behaviors of employees. Results were based on a survey of ADC employees conducted in January 1995.
Survey responses were analyzed to explore associations between employee attitudes and job type or time of service at ADC. Job type was found to be a better indicator of employee attitudes than time of service. Field and management employees tended to have more positive views of ADC and ADC employment compared with research employees. Respondents with different job types perceived different levels of effectiveness and humaneness for wildlife control methods. In general, field employees viewed lethal techniques as more effective and humane than research employees. Similarly, research employees reported nonlethal techniques to be more effective and humane than field employees. Finally, research employees felt that outside interest groups should have more influence on ADC practices than field and management employees felt they should.
ADC employees were found to have some characteristics indicative of organizational capture. They had a homogeneous client base, and were resistant to reaching out to nontraditional clients in the face of opposition from traditional clients. However, they were not deflected from the ADC mission. Because respondents indicated conformity to the ADC mission, ADC was found to be at most variably captured by its traditional farming and ranching clientele.
Desempleados, mayores y sin seguridad social
Creators: name: Suing, Abel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: adultos
seguridad
sociedad
economía
empleo
pobreza
Ecuador
crisis
sanidad

description: Participación en espacio de opinión de http://antena7.ec/, que se emite desde la ciudad de Loja en Ecuador.
title: Mule Deer Highway Mortality in Northeastern Utah: An Analysis of Population-Level Impacts and a New Mitigative System
Creators: name: Lehnert, Mark E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: Rerouting highways to accommodate construction of the Jordanelle Reservoir in northeastern Utah caused a dramatic increase in vehicle collisions with mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). I evaluated the effectiveness of a new system of highway crosswalk structures installed to reduce deer losses and preserve seasonal migrations. In addition, I constructed computer simulation models to investigate how highway mortality has impacted the Jordanelle deer population.
The crosswalk system restricted deer crossings to specific, well-marked areas along highways where motorists could anticipate them. Subsequent to installation, mortality declined 42.3% and 36.8% along a four-lane and two-lane highway, respectively. I was unable to statistically demonstrate that observed mortality reductions were a direct result of the crosswalk system. The potential applicability of the structures, however, should not be dismissed. Reduced deer use of the highway right-of-way (ROW), the apparent maintenance of migratory behavior, and observations of animals crossing within crosswalk boundaries indicate the system warrants further testing. Lack of motorist response to crosswalk warning signs, the tendency for foraging deer to wander outside crosswalk boundaries, and the ineffectiveness of ROW escape gates contributed to most treatment area mortalities. I offer design modifications that address these shortcomings.
Four years of field data revealed that highway mortality at Jordanelle was inversely density-dependent, removed between 5.6% and 17.4% of the population each year, and disproportionately impacted bucks. I incorporated this information into 3 competing simulation models in which highway losses operated in a strictly additive, partially compensatory, or strictly compensatory manner. The partial compensation model most closely tracked observed population dynamics, suggesting that highway losses were not completely offset by reductions in other mortality sources. Highway mortality apparently worsened a population crash initiated by severe winter conditions, and may be slowing the recovery. The disproportionate loss of bucks along roads altered sex ratios of simulated populations. Mitigative efforts should target road-kill reductions >60% to avoid population declines predicted by the partial compensation model. Annual variation in demographic parameters offset the impacts of highway mortality at high population levels. At low population levels, however, highway mortality was severe enough to drive declining population trends.
Additional file 2 of Stopping use of E-cigarettes and smoking combustible cigarettes: findings from a large longitudinal digital smoking cessation intervention study in the United States
Creators: name: Lee, Donghee N.
name: Faro, Jamie M.
name: Stevens, Elise M.
name: Pbert, Lori
name: Yang, Chengwu
name: Sadasivam, Rajani S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Supplementary Material 2
Experimental estimation of entanglement at the quantum limit
Creators: name: Brida, Giorgio
name: Degiovanni, Ivo
name: Florio, Angela
name: Genovese, Marco
name: Giorda, Paolo
name: Meda, Alice
name: Paris, Matteo G. A.
name: Shurupov, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Entanglement is the central resource of quantum information processing and the precise characterization of entangled states is a crucial issue for the development of quantum technologies. This leads to the necessity of a precise, experimental feasible measure of entanglement. Nevertheless, such measurements are limited both from experimental uncertainties and intrinsic quantum bounds. Here we present an experiment where the amount of entanglement of a family of two-qubit mixed photon states is estimated with the ultimate precision allowed by quantum mechanics.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Surface data imputation with stochastic processes
Creators: name: Jawaid, Arsalan
name: Schmidt, Samuel
name: Lotz, Marvin
name: Seewig, Jörg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Spurious measurements frequently occur in surface data from technical components. Excluding or ignoring these spurious points may lead to incorrect surface characterization if these points inherit features of the surface. Therefore, data imputation must be applied to ensure that the estimated data points at spurious measurements do not deviate strongly from the true surface and its characteristics. Traditional surface data imputation methods rely on simple assumptions and ignore existing knowledge of the surface, resulting in suboptimal estimates. In this paper, we propose the use of stochastic processes for data imputation. This approach, which originates from surface texture simulation, allows a straightforward integration of a priori knowledge. We employ Gaussian processes with both stationary and non-stationary covariance structures to address missing values in surface data. In addition, we apply the method to a real-world scenario in which a spurious turned profile is obtained from an actual measurement. Our results demonstrate that the proposed method fills the missing values by maintaining the surface characteristics, particularly when surface features are missing.
title: An Ecological History of Tintic Valley, Juab County, Utah
Creators: name: Creque, Jeffrey A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: This work was a case study of historical ecological change in Tintic Valley, Juab County, Utah, an area historically impacted by mining and ranching activities common to much of the American West. The temporal framework for the study was approximately 120 years, the period of direct Euroamerican influence. In recognition of the ecological implications of cultural change, however, the impacts of prehistoric and protohistoric human activity on study area landscape patterns and processes were also explicitly addressed.
The study included a narrative description of historic land uses and ecological change in Tintic Valley, and examined the changes in landscape patterns and processes so revealed within the context of the state and transition model of rangeland dynamics. The case of Tintic Valley thus served as a test of the heuristic utility of the theory of self-organization in ecological systems, within which the state and transition model is embedded. This theoretical framework in turn was used to gain insight into the present state of the Tintic landscape, how that state has changed over time, and the nature of those forces leading to transitions between system states in the historic period.
The study employed archival research, personal interviews, repeat photography, field surveys, aerial photographs, and a geographic information system (GIS) to identify, describe, and quantify historic-era change in Tintic Valley landscape level patterns and processes. The analysis revealed dramatic change in both the landscape vegetation mosaic and the channel network of the study area over time. Evidence was found for direct anthropogenic influence in precipitating those changes, primarily through tree harvesting associated with mining and ranching activities and through the effects of historic roads and railroads on the Tintic Valley gully network. Results supported the working hypothesis of a change in system state in the Tintic Valley landscape in the historic period.
Taken together, historical narrative and theoretical context permitted a degree of prediction with respect to potential future conditions for the study area under different management scenarios. Future research directions and implications of the research results for ecosystem management are also discussed.
Deciphering the role of serotonin in brain circuit formation
Creators: name: Vicenzi, S
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The neurotransmitter serotonin has been implicated in a range of complex neurological disorders linked to alterations of neuronal circuitry. Serotonin is synthesized in the developing brain before most neuronal circuits become fully functional, suggesting that serotonin might play a distinct regulatory role in shaping circuits prior to its function as a classical neurotransmitter. In this study, we asked if serotonin acts as a guidance cue for axons during development by examining how serotonin alters the motility of neuronal growth cones. Using a growth cone motility assay, we found that extracellular gradients of serotonin acted as both an attractive and repulsive guidance cue through a narrow concentration range. Low concentrations of serotonin (50 ¬¨¬µM) elicited attraction, mediated by the serotonin 5-HT2a receptor whilst high concentrations (100 ¬¨¬µM) elicited repulsion mediated by the 5-HT1b receptor. Importantly, pharmacological interventions and high resolution imaging of growth cones suggested that these receptors signalled through their canonical pathways of endoplasmic reticulum-mediated calcium release and cAMP depletion respectively. This novel characterisation of growth cone motility in response to serotonin gradients provides compelling evidence that secreted serotonin acts as an axon guidance cue to shape neuronal circuit formation during development. In vitro optogenetic manipulation of G˜í¬±q signalling associated with the 5HT2a receptor, reversed growth cone attraction to repulsion from serotonin, further demonstrating the role of serotonin as a bidirectional guidance cue. To examine the function of serotonin in an intact animal, we investigated early circuit development in the zebrafish. While previous work has suggested a non-canonical role for serotonin in early development, it remained unclear whether serotonin modulates the guidance of pioneer axons or rather plays a more instructive role in overall circuit function. We hypothesized that optogenetic manipulation of G˜í¬±q signalling is sufficient to modulate neural connectivity in early zebrafish embryos. Using a range of behavioural assays and time-lapse recordings of axon trajectories, we observed a critical developmental window during which altered G˜í¬±q signalling might lead to structural and functional abnormalities. Specifically, inhibition of G˜í¬±q signalling led to an increased coiling behaviour but decreased sensitivity to the touch-startle response in zebarafish larvae. Moreover, inhibition of G˜í¬±q signalling disrupted axon pathfinding in a subset of serotonergic neurons, leading to several misprojecting and straying axons. Unravelling how serotonin functions to regulate the normal wiring of the brain will allow us to better understand how dysfunction in serotonin signalling contributes to important neurodevelopmental disorders.
CAM, a computer-aided modelling program for systems dynamics models
Creators: name: Chheda, Dhirendra Padamshi
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: An arbitrary continuous system model can be constructed on a Graphic Display by interacting with a light pen and dials. The user is presented with a control language and a menu on the Graphic Display, which uses pre-defined symbols to design a Continuous System Model. After constructing the model he wants to simulate, the user can assign appropriate variable names and values to the symbols, direct flow of information or material between components, can assign mathematical relationships between the components of a model, and can sketch graphical functions (x-y relationships) on the Graphic Display with the help of cross-hairs. The model, when built, can be saved on disk. In order to make modifications to the model at later time, a previously saved model can be restored. Changes such as altering values, mathematical relationships, and the deletion or addition cf components can be made before rerunning a simulation. Once the user is satisfied with the model description phase and when his model is complete, a CSBP program for that model is written onto disk, which can then be compiled and run in order to obtain the results for the specified variables in tabulated form. As visual aids, plots against Time can also be observed on the Graphic Display or can be plotted cn an X-Y plotter. The CAB system presented here provides an interactive tool for the design, modification and experimentation with Continuous System Models. As such it can enhance the modeller's representation and understanding of reality.
Additional file 4: of CircDLST promotes the tumorigenesis and metastasis of gastric cancer by sponging miR-502-5p and activating the NRAS/MEK1/ERK1/2 signaling
Creators: name: Zhang, Jing
name: Hou, Lidan
name: Liang, Rui
name: Chen, Xiaoyu
name: Zhang, Rui
name: Chen, Wei
name: Zhu, Jinshui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Figure S3. Kaplan Meier analysis of the association of chemotherapy or non-chemotherapy with overall survival in patients with GC. (PDF 59 kb)
Multicriticality in the Blume-Capel model under a continuous-field probability distribution
Creators: name: Salmon, Octavio D. Rodriguez
name: Tapia, Justo Rojas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The multicritical behavior of the Blume-Capel model with infinite-range interactions is investigated by introducing quenched disorder in the crystal field $Δ_{i}$, which is represented by a superposition of two Gaussian distributions with the same width $σ$, centered at $Δ_{i} = Δ$ and $Δ_{i} = 0$, with probabilities $p$ and $(1-p)$, respectively. A rich variety of phase diagrams is presented, and their distinct topologies are shown for different values of $σ$ and $p$. The tricritical behavior is analyzed through the existence of fourth-order critical points as well as how the complexity of the phase diagrams is reduced by the strength of the disorder.
description: Submitted to Journal of Physics A
Quantum Frames of Reference and the Noncommutative Values of Observables
Creators: name: Kong, Otto C. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on a recent relational formulation of quantum reference frame transformations, especially with a case of quantum spatial translations in particular, we analyzed how the `value' of an observable for a fixed state change. That is the exact analog of the classical description, for example, of the value of the $x$-coordinate for a particle decrease by 2 units when we perform a translation of the reference frame putting the new origin at $x=2$. The essence of the quantum reference frame transformations is to have the quantum fluctuations, and even entanglement, of the physical object which serves as the (new) reference frame, taken into account. We illustrate how the recently introduced notion of the noncommutative values of quantum observables gives such a definite description successfully. Formulations, and an analysis of a case example in qubit systems, of analog transformations for observables with a discrete or finite spectrum is also presented. Issues about the evolving picture of the symmetry system of all quantum reference frame transformations discussed.
description: 34 latex pages, no figure
Additional file 1 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Olofsson Bagge, Roger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. SEC isolation of EVs. Particle number and protein amount after SEC isolation of EVs and collection of 10 fractions from 1 patient. The particle number was quantified by NTA and protein amount by Qubit. The results suggests that most EVs are eluted in fraction 1–5, while proteins elute in fraction 6 and later.
Additional file 2 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Olofsson Bagge, Roger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. Information about particle and protein concentration as estimated by QUBIT and nFCM for each of the 7 patients. The table include information about Her2+ or Her2-, protein and particle quantification data for each patient.
Comment on "Plasma ionization by annularly bounded helicon waves" [Phys . Plasmas 13, 063501 (2006)]
Creators: name: Johnson, Robert W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The neoclassical calculation of the helicon wave theory contains a fundamental flaw. Use is made of a proportional relationship between the magnetic field and its curl to derive the Helmholtz equation describing helicon wave propagation; however, by the fundamental theorem of Stokes, the curl of the magnetic field must be perpendicular to that portion of the field contributing to the local curl. Reexamination of the equations of motion indicates that only electromagnetic waves propagate through a stationary region of constant pressure in a fully ionized, neutral medium.
description: 7 pages, 1 figure, to be published in Phys. Plasmas, http://link.aip.org/link/?PHPAEN/16/054701/1
Additional file 3 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Olofsson Bagge, Roger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3. Quantification of EVs by NTA, nFCM and protein quantification. (A) Particle and protein quantification of EVs using NTA and Qubit. (B) Comparison of particle quantification by NTA and nFCM. Values are particles or proteins per ml of lymphatic drainage fluid from three 7 breast cancer patients.
title: The Influence of Aspen Chemistry and the Nutritional Context on Aspen Herbivory
Creators: name: Heroy, Kristen Y.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2017

description: Herbivory is one major force accelerating aspen decline in North America, but it is unclear why herbivores prefer certain aspen stands over others, or over other plant species in the understory. In this dissertation, I determined the influence of nutrients and plant secondary compounds (PSC), physiological state, chemical composition, and prior experience on aspen preference by sheep in controlled pen experiments. In addition, I explored the relationship between herbivory, regeneration, recruitment, and other landscape elements for specific aspen stands within Wolf Creek Ranch in northern Utah using biomass and chemical composition of the understory and chemical defenses of juvenile aspen trees (i.e., the foodscape). Aspen intake was enhanced when lamb diets contained a high crude protein to energy ratio or when the basal diet contained a low density of energy. Intake was depressed as concentrations of PG (phenolic glycosides) increased in aspen leaves or when lambs were fed a high energy to protein ratio. The effects of nutrients on aspen intake were greater when phenolic glycosides in aspen were present at low concentrations. However, when given a choice between aspen leaves of high or low PG content, lamb preference depended more on aspen nutrient and mineral availability, or on prior diet, than on defense chemistry. On the landscape, I found that stands at low elevations with low abundance of nutrients in the understory are more likely to experience less regeneration and recruitment than those growing within nutrient-rich sites. Aspen browsing was negatively correlated with PG content in aspen stands, and elk presence (measured via fecal pellets) was negatively correlated with abundance of understory protein.
In conclusion, aspen herbivory appears to be controlled by the interplay between types and amounts of nutrients offered by the landscape and the chemical composition of aspen stands. A clear assessment of these variables on the landscape, i.e., the foodscape, will aid in the development of novel management strategies aimed at providing nutrients (e.g., through supplements, introduced forages) at strategic locations in order to reduce aspen herbivory within at-risk aspen stands.
Additional file 1 of Systematic design and evaluation of aptamers for VEGF and PlGF biomarkers of Preeclampsia
Creators: name: Mallawarachchi, Samavath
name: Cebecioglu, Rümeysa E.
name: Althumayri, Majed
name: Beker, Levent
name: Fernando, Sandun
name: Ceylan Koydemir, Hatice
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Ground state phase diagram of a spinless, extended Falicov-Kimball model on the triangular lattice
Creators: name: Yadav, Umesh K.
name: Maitra, T.
name: Singh, Ishwar
name: Taraphder, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Correlated systems with hexagonal layered structures have come to fore with renewed interest in Cobaltates, transition-metal dichalcogenides and GdI2. While superconductivity, unusual metal and possible exotic states (prevented from long range order by strong local fluctuations) appear to come from frustration and correlation working in tandem in such systems, they freeze at lower temperature to crystalline states. The underlying effective Hamiltonian in some of these systems is believed to be the Falicov-Kimball model and therefore, a thorough study of the ground state of this model and its extended version on a non-bipartite lattice is important. Using a Monte Carlo search algorithm, we identify a large number of different possible ground states with charge order as well as valence and metal-insulator transitions. Such competing states, close in energy, give rise to the complex charge order and other broken symmetry structures as well as phase segregations observed in the ground state of these systems.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
title: First-Row Transition Metal Sulfides and Phosphides as Competent Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting
Creators: name: Jiang, Nan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2017

description: Conversion of renewable energy resources (such as solar and wind) through water splitting to hydrogen and oxygen has attracted increasing attention. The sole product of hydrogen combustion is water, rendering a carbon-neutral energy cycle. Water splitting consists of two redox half reactions: hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Both of these two transformations involve multi- electron/proton movement and thus are kinetically sluggish. In order to accelerate the reaction rates for practical application, efficient catalysts are needed. State-of-the-art catalysts for water splitting are usually composed of noble metals, such as platinum, ruthenium, and iridium, whose scarcity and high cost limit their wide employment. Consequently, it is of critical importance to develop competent and non-precious catalysts via low-cost preparation.
Owing to the thermodynamic convenience and potential application in proton exchange membrane and alkaline electrolyzers, traditionally, most HER catalysts were developed under strongly acidic conditions while OER catalysts under strongly alkaline conditions. In order to accomplish overall water splitting, the coupling of HER and OER catalysts in the same electrolyte is mandatory. This thesis will summarize our recent efforts towards developing 1st-row transition metal-based sulfides and phosphides for electrocatalytic water splitting under ambient conditions.
Additional file 1 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Bagge, Roger Olofsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. SEC isolation of EVs. Particle number and protein amount after SEC isolation of EVs and collection of 10 fractions from 1 patient. The particle number was quantified by NTA and protein amount by Qubit. The results suggests that most EVs are eluted in fraction 1–5, while proteins elute in fraction 6 and later.
title: Strategies for Increased Lactic Acid Production from Algal Cake Fermentations at Low pH by Lactobacillus casei
Creators: name: Overbeck, Tom J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2017

description: We explored using de-oiled algal biomass (algal cake) as a low-value substrate for production of lactic acid in fermentations with Lactobacillus casei, and strategies for increasing lactic acid production at low pH. L. casei 12A algal cake (AC) fermentations showed carbohydrate and amino acid availability limit growth and lactic acid production. These nutritional requirements were effectively addressed with enzymatic hydrolysis of the AC using α-amylase, cellulase, and pepsin. Producing 0.075 g lactic acid per g AC from AC digested with all three enzymes. We explored heterologous expression of the cellulase gene (celE) from Clostridium thermocellum and the α-amylase gene (amyA) from Streptococcus bovis in L. casei 12A. Functional activity of CelE was not detected, but low-level activity of AmyA was achieved, and increased > 1.5-fold using a previously designed synthetic promoter. Nonetheless, the improvement was insufficient to significantly increase lactic acid production. Thus, substantial optimization of amyA and celE expression in L. casei 12A would be needed to achieve activities needed to increase lactic acid production from AC.
We explored transient inactivation of MutS as a method for inducing hypermutability and increasing adaptability of L. casei 12A and ATCC 334 to lactic acid at low pH. The wild type cells and their ΔmutS derivatives were subject to a 100-day adaptive evolution experiment, followed by repair of the ΔmutS lesion in representative isolates. Growth studies at pH 4.0 revealed that all four adapted strains grew more rapidly, to higher cell densities, and produced significantly more lactic acid than untreated wild-type cells. The greatest increases were observed from the adapted ΔmutS derivatives. Further examination of the 12A adapted ΔmutS derivative identified morphological changes, and increased survival at pH 2.5. Genome sequence analysis confirmed transient MutS inactivation decreased DNA replication fidelity, and identified potential genotypic changes in 12A that might contribute to increased acid lactic acid resistance. Targeted inactivation of three genes identified in the adapted 12A ΔmutS derivative revealed that a NADH dehydrogenase (ndh), phosphate transport ATP-binding protein PstB (pstB), and two-component signal transduction system (TCS) quorum-sensing histidine kinase (hpk) contribute to increased acid resistance in 12A.
On the dressing phase in the SL(2) Bethe Ansatz
Creators: name: Kruczenski, M.
name: Tirziu, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we study the function chi(x1,x2,g) that determines the dressing phase that appears in the all-loop Bethe Ansatz equations for the SL(2) sector of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. First, we consider the coefficients c_{r,s}(g) of the expansion of chi(x1,x2,g) in inverse powers of x1, x2. We obtain an expression in terms of a single integral valid for all values of the coupling g. The expression is such that the small and large coupling expansion can be simply computed in agreement with the expected results. This proves the, up to now conjectured, equivalence of both expansions of the phase. The strong coupling expansion is only asymptotic but we find an exact expression for the value of the residue which can be seen to decrease exponentially with g. After that, we consider the function chi(x1,x2,g) itself and, using the same method, expand it for small and large coupling. All small and large coupling coefficients chi^(n)(x1,x2), for even and odd n, are explicitly given in terms of finite sums or, alternatively, in terms of the residues of generating functions at certain poles.
description: 23 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX. V2: References added
Additional file 2 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Bagge, Roger Olofsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2. Information about particle and protein concentration as estimated by QUBIT and nFCM for each of the 7 patients. The table include information about Her2+ or Her2-, protein and particle quantification data for each patient.
Additional file 4 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Olofsson Bagge, Roger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4. Size distribution and concentration of EVs quantified by nFCM. nFCM measurement of EVs from the seven breast cancer patients. The graphs shows the particle size (diameter) distribution and concentration per ml of lymphatic drainage fluid. Gating range: 25–125 nm. ≥99% of the particles analyzed were within the gating range.
title: Mechanical Performance of Natural / Natural Fiber Reinforced Hybrid Composite Materials Using Finite Element Method Based Micromechanics and Experiments
Creators: name: Rahman, Muhammad Ziaur
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2017

description: A micromechanical analysis of the representative volume element (RVE) of a unidirectional flax/jute fiber reinforced epoxy composite is performed using finite element analysis (FEA). To do so, first effective mechanical properties of flax fiber and jute fiber are evaluated numerically and then used in evaluating the effective properties of ax/jute/epoxy hybrid composite. Mechanics of Structure Genome (MSG), a new homogenization tool developed in Purdue University, is used to calculate the homogenized effective properties. Numerical results are compared with analytical solution based on rule of mixture, Halpin-Tsai as well as Tsai-Hahn equations. The effect of the volume fraction of the two different fibers is studied. Mechanical performance of hybrid composite is compared with the mechanical performance of single fiber composites. Synergistic effect due to hybridization is studied using analytical method given in literature, finite element method based MSG and Classical Lamination Theory (CLT). It is found that, when Poisson ratio is taken into consideration, elastic modulus shows synergy due to hybridization. Finally, impact properties of ax/jute/epoxy hybrid composite material are studied using Charpy impact testing.
Additional file 3 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Bagge, Roger Olofsson
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3. Quantification of EVs by NTA, nFCM and protein quantification. (A) Particle and protein quantification of EVs using NTA and Qubit. (B) Comparison of particle quantification by NTA and nFCM. Values are particles or proteins per ml of lymphatic drainage fluid from three 7 breast cancer patients.
Additional file 5 of Characterization of surface markers on extracellular vesicles isolated from lymphatic exudate from patients with breast cancer
Creators: name: Ekström, Karin
name: Crescitelli, Rossella
name: Pétursson, Hafsteinn Ingi
name: Johansson, Junko
name: Lässer, Cecilia
name: Olofsson Bagge, Roger
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5. Detection of EV surface proteins using multiplex bead-based flow cytometry assay. Data is shown as background corrected (isotype control and blank samples) median fluorescence intensity (MFI) of all 37 markers for the 7 patients. The dashed line at MFI 20 indicates threshold for positive signal.
Weakly coupled N=4 Super Yang-Mills and N=6 Chern-Simons theories from u(2|2) Yangian symmetry
Creators: name: Spill, Fabian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we derive the universal R-matrix for the Yangian Y(u(2|2)), which is an abstract algebraic object leading to rational solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation on representations. We find that on the fundamental representation the universal R-matrix reduces to the standard rational R-matrix R = R_0(1 + P/u), where the scalar prefactor is surprisingly simple compared to prefactors one finds e.g. for sl(n) R-matrices. This leads precisely to the S-matrix giving the Bethe Ansatz of one-loop N = 4 Super Yang-Mills theory and two-loop N = 6 Chern-Simons theory.
description: 16 pages
title: Recreation Specialization and Preferences of Utah Anglers
Creators: name: Andersen, Bruce P.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1990

description: The purposes of this study were to gain a better understanding of anglers and angler preferences and to examine differences between subgroups of anglers based on level of specialization. Understanding these similarities and differences between user groups will provide valuable input for more effective fisheries management.
A randomized mail survey was sent to resident, adult fishing-license holders in Utah. A 68% response rate yielded 1216 usable returns for data analysis. An analysis of three recreation specialization dimensions (participation, equipment and investment, and lifestyle) and further analysis of participation and investment variables were used to develop a typology of Utah anglers. Three specialization subgroups and four typology subgroups were then compared to determine differences in motivations for fishing, preferences toward various fishing and management attributes and the desirability of available fish species.
Anglers with different levels of specialization differed significantly in their motivations for fishing, preferences for fishery resource attributes and desirability ratings of available fish species. Typology subgroups were found to not differ significantly in motivations, preferences or species desirability ratings. However, level of participation (number of fishing trips taken in past year) and investment (money invested in fishing equipment) were each valuable in identifying differences in motivations and preferences, but not in species desirability ratings.
By identifying sportsmen constituencies based on specialization characteristics, managers can better provide fishing opportunities consistent with angler needs. Fisheries managers will have a tool to match sportsmen with the type of setting and management strategy desired or to match the management to the sportsmen, thus maximizing satisfaction.
title: Dr. Craig H. Llewellyn, MD, MPH, MSTMH, COL, MC, USA (Ret.) Oral History Interview Transcript Part 1
Creators: name: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Publisher: name: University Archives, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Year: 2005
Subjects: classificationCode: 3
subject: FOS: Medical and health sciences
classificationCode: 6.1
subject: FOS: History and archaeology

description: USU Oral History Interview Transcript
Dr. Craig H. Llewellyn, MD, MPH, MSTMH, COL, MC, USA (Ret.)
Commandant
Professor and Chair, Military and Emergency Medicine
Emeritus Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine
Director, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
10-25-2005
Interviewed by Karen Caron