cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Near-critical spanning forests and renormalization
Creators: name: Benoist, Stéphane
name: Dumaz, Laure
name: Werner, Wendelin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study random two-dimensional spanning forests in the plane that can be viewed both in the discrete case and in their appropriately taken scaling limits as a uniformly chosen spanning tree with some Poissonian deletion of edges or points. We show how to relate these scaling limits to a stationary distribution of a natural coalescent-type Markov process on a state-space of abstract graphs with real-valued edge-weights. This Markov process can be interpreted as a renormalization flow. This provides a model for which one can rigorously implement the formalism proposed by the third author in order to relate the law of the scaling limit of a critical model to a stationary distribution of such a renormalization/Markov process: When starting from any two-dimensional lattice with constant edge-weights, the Markov process does indeed converge in law to this stationary distribution that corresponds to a scaling limit of UST with Poissonian deletions. The results of this paper heavily build on the convergence in distribution of branches of the UST to SLE$_2$ (a result by Lawler, Schramm and Werner) as well as on the convergence of the suitably renormalized length of the loop-erased random walk to the "natural parametrization" of the SLE$_2$ (a recent result by Lawler and Viklund).
description: 32 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Ann. Probab
title: Postmodernism and Evangelical Theological Methodology with Particular Reference to Stanley J. Grenz.
Creators: name: Denis Knowles, Steven
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2023

description: Central to this thesis are the various ways in which postmodern discourse has influenced Christian theological methodology. In particular, it is concerned with the response of evangelical theology, which is particularly interesting because, it is argued, it has become shackled to Enlightenment thought. The result of this reliance on modernism has led to some uncritical assumptions regarding theological methodology. As a consequence evangelical theological methodology has been neglected until relatively recently. There is now a growing desire among evangelical theologians to rethink theological methodology. The principal theological focus of this work is Stanley J. Grenz, an American Baptist theologian who, more than many of his peers, has taken postmodern thought seriously and, accordingly, developed and adapted his theological methodology. How successful his attempt has been in staying within what many understand to be the boundaries of evangelical theology will be discussed in the thesis. It is certainly the case that many scholars consider his work to accommodate postmodernism too easily and uncritically. In Part One, three principal themes within postmodern thought that have had a direct impact on evangelical theology will be examined: the demise of the metanarrative; deconstruction; and the de-centred self. In Part Two, the work ofLudwig Wittgenstein and George Lindbeck will be discussed, not only because both have had an influence on contemporary theology, but, more significantly for this thesis, they have been important for Grenz. Part Three is a detailed examination of the work ofGrenz which focusses specifically on the development of his thought in Beyond Foundationalism. An assessment ofwhether Grenz can be faithful to a broadly evangelical theological methodology will be made. It is argued that, whilst creative and constructive, in the final analysis, his project fails. Finally, Part Four offers some suggestions as to how Grenz's thought might be employed. In this concluding part, the ideas of Grenz are developed in dialogue with John Searle, J. L. Austin, Alister MacIntyre, Alvin Plantinga, and critical realism.
Surpassing Tradition: Investigating Design Innovation Possibilities for Harris Tweed
Creators: name: Bremner, Elaine
Publisher: name: FUTURESCAN
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Research paper presented at Futurescan 2: Collective Voices, Sheffield Hallam University, 10th-11th January 2013.

Futurescan 2: Collective Voices
Edited by Helena Britt, Sally Wade and Kerry WaltonDecember 2013ISBN: 978 1 907382 64 2
C-reactive protein and substance use disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: A prospective analysis
Creators: name: Worthman, Carol M.
name: Angold, Adrian
name: Shanahan, Lilly
name: Copeland, William E.
name: Costello, E. Jane
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Dysregulated immune function and elevated inflammation markers are seen in adults with chronic diseases, including some psychiatric disorders, but evidence on inflammation in the case of drug abuse is conflicting.
The Co-Points of Rays are Cut Points of Upper Level Sets for Busemann Functions
Creators: name: Sabau, Sorin V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that the co-rays to a ray in a complete non-compact Finsler manifold contain geodesic segments to upper level sets of Busemann functions. Moreover, we characterise the co-point set to a ray as the cut locus of such level sets. The structure theorem of the co-point set on a surface, namely that is a local tree, and other properties follow immediately from the known results about the cut locus. We point out that some of our findings, in special the relation of co-point set to the upper lever sets, are new even for Riemannian manifolds.
Blind system identification using kernel-based methods
Creators: name: Bottegal, Giulio
name: Risuleo, Riccardo S.
name: Hjalmarsson, Håkan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose a new method for blind system identification. Resorting to a Gaussian regression framework, we model the impulse response of the unknown linear system as a realization of a Gaussian process. The structure of the covariance matrix (or kernel) of such a process is given by the stable spline kernel, which has been recently introduced for system identification purposes and depends on an unknown hyperparameter. We assume that the input can be linearly described by few parameters. We estimate these parameters, together with the kernel hyperparameter and the noise variance, using an empirical Bayes approach. The related optimization problem is efficiently solved with a novel iterative scheme based on the Expectation-Maximization method. In particular, we show that each iteration consists of a set of simple update rules. We show, through some numerical experiments, very promising performance of the proposed method.
description: 15 pages; accepted for publication at IFAC Sysid 2015
Individual- and community-level correlates of cigarette-smoking trajectories from age 13 to 32 in a U.S. population-based sample
Creators: name: Fuemmeler, Bernard
name: Lee, Chien-Ti
name: Kollins, Scott H.
name: Clark, Trenette
name: Yang, Chongming
name: McClernon, F. Joseph
name: Ranby, Krista W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Characterizing smoking behavior is important for informing etiologic models and targeting prevention efforts. This study explored the effects of both individual- and community-level variables in predicting cigarette use vs. non-use and level of use among adolescents as they transition into adulthood.
title: Effekt von sportlicher Betätigung auf die Symptome des Long-Covid-Syndroms
Creators: name: Luger, Thomas
Year: 2023

description: In Folge einer SARS- CoV-2- Infektion kann es zu postakuten Folgeerscheinungen kommen. Diese werden gemeinhin als Post- COVID- Syndrom oder Long-COVID-19 bezeichnet. Gekennzeichnet ist Long- COVID- 19 per Definition durch COVID-19-spezifische Symptome, die entweder nach der akuten Erkrankung mehrere Wochen oder Monate anhalten oder infolgedessen entstehen. Mittlerweile ist bekannt, dass es sich um eine sehr komplexe Erkrankung handelt, von der mehrere Organsysteme betroffen sein können. Vor allem sind aber Lunge, Gehirn und das Herz- Kreislaufsystem involviert. Ziel aktueller Forschung ist es die Mechanismen hinter Long- COVID besser zu verstehen und passende Rehabilitationsmaßnahmen zu finden. Deshalb sollte mit dieser Studie zum einen herausgefunden werden, ob sich Atembeschwerden (Dyspnoe), als häufiges Long- COVID- Symptom, auf die VO2max auswirken und zum anderen, wie sich eine 12- wöchige Trainingsintervention (Ausdauer- oder Concurrenttraining) auf erlebte COVID-19- Symptome auswirkt. Eine durchgeführte Querschnittsanalyse zur VO2max und den Atembeschwerden (Werte 0,1 und 2 nach Dyspnoe- Skala) hat knapp keinen signifikanten Effekt (p=0,065) gezeigt. Auch bei der Entwicklung der Symptome konnte nach der Trainingsintervention zunächst kein signifikanter Unterschied (p=0,504) festgestellt werden. Allerdings haben die anschließend durchgeführten t- Tests sowohl bei der Ausdauergruppe (p=0,005) als auch bei der Concurrentgruppe (p=0,009) eine signifikante Verringerung der erlebten Symptome gezeigt. Zusammen mit zugrundeliegender Literatur deutet dies auf einen positiven Effekt sportlicher Betätigung auf die Linderung Long- COVID- 19- Symptome hin. Weitere Forschung mit größeren Stichproben ist allerdings notwendig, um diese Erkenntnisse weiter zu untermauern und für die Praxis anwendbar zu machen.
Raiding the Past, Designing for the Future
Creators: name: Almond, Kevin
Publisher: name: FUTURESCAN
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Research paper presented at Futurescan 2: Collective Voices, Sheffield Hallam University, 10th-11th January 2013.

Futurescan 2: Collective Voices
Edited by Helena Britt, Sally Wade and Kerry WaltonDecember 2013ISBN: 978 1 907382 64 2
title: Contacts between cattle farms and their role in pathogen transmission
Creators: name: Louise Brennan, Marnie
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2023

description: This project was designed to address the lack of knowledge on the contact structures existing between farms in the UK, which were mfluential on disease transmission during the 2001 foot nouth disease epidemic. The primary aun of this project was to investigate the direct and indirect contacts between cattle farms regionally, by collecting mformation from 56 cattle foldings in a discrete area of north-west England via mterview-based questionnaires. These Dntacts were examined using network analysis techniques to highlight individuals or contact types that might be likely to transmit disease. Factors impacting on the likelihood of such contacts spreading disease such as on-farm biosecurity were also examined, along with producers' attitudes towards such measures.
Nuclear quantum effects in water exchange around lithium and fluoride ions
Creators: name: Wilkins, David M.
name: Manolopoulos, David E.
name: Dang, Liem X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We employ classical and ring polymer molecular dynamics simulations to study the effect of nuclear quantum fluctuations on the structure and the water exchange dynamics of aqueous solutions of lithium and fluoride ions. While we obtain reasonably good agreement with experimental data for solutions of lithium by augmenting the Coulombic interactions between the ion and the water molecules with a standard Lennard-Jones ion-oxygen potential, the same is not true for solutions of fluoride, for which we find that a potential with a softer repulsive wall gives much better agreement. A small degree of destabilization of the first hydration shell is found in quantum simulations of both ions when compared with classical simulations, with the shell becoming less sharply defined and the mean residence time of the water molecules in the shell decreasing. In line with these modest differences, we find that the mechanisms of the exchange processes are unaffected by quantization, so a classical description of these reactions gives qualitatively correct and quantitatively reasonable results. We also find that the quantum effects in solutions of lithium are larger than in solutions of fluoride. This is partly due to the stronger interaction of lithium with water molecules, partly due to the lighter mass of lithium, and partly due to competing quantum effects in the hydration of fluoride, which are absent in the hydration of lithium.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures
title: The effect of fixed orthodontic brackets on the bacterial composition of dental plaque in adolescents
Creators: name: Sadeq, Amal
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2012

description: BACKGROUND: Demineralisation around orthodontic brackets is a considerable risk of orthodontic treatment. It can occur very early during treatment and involve a large number of teeth with aesthetic and dental health consequences. Early detection of demineralisation is very important in terms of treatment and prevention. The presence of bacteria is one of the requirements for demineralisation to take place and it is unclear whether the type of bacteria in the plaque or the quantity of certain types of bacteria are significant influences on demineralisation. AIM: To identify any general changes in the bacterial composition of dental plaque in adolescents undergoing fixed orthodontic appliance therapy. A secondary aim is to determine the incidence of white spot lesion development and if this was related to the identified red fluorescent plaque. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective longitudinal cohort study. METHODS: Fourteen 11 to 23 year old consecutive patients attending the Orthodontic Department of Liverpool University Dental Hospital were recruited for this study. ToothcareTM and QLF were used to identify red fluorescent plaque and enamel demineralisation on the labial surfaces of the anterior teeth before and after the placement of fixed orthodontic appliances. The bacterial composition of the red fluorescent supragingival plaque was determined by DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction amplification of the 16r rRNA gene and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. 13 RESULTS: The incidence of white spot lesions was recorded as 4.2% of the total surfaces of the teeth included as detected with QLF, the development of white spot lesions was not associated with the presence of red fluorescent plaque. There were differences in the bacterial composition of red fluorescent supragingival plaque in terms of P. gingivalis, S. mutans and S. gordonii between different participants, although changes in the plaque composition between visits for the same participant was not significantly associated with the development of white spot lesions in adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: With the limitations of this study, the placement of fixed orthodontic brackets in adolescents does not significantly change the bacterial composition of red fluorescent supragingival plaque around the brackets and that the development of white spot lesions cannot be correlated to red fluorescent plaque alone.
title: Voraussetzungen und Ablauf des Liegenschaftskaufs oder -verkaufs nicht (voll) geschäftsfähiger Personen durch Eltern, Vorsorgebevollmächtigte oder Erwachsenenvertreter
Creators: name: Soukhatski, Maxim
Year: 2023

description: Liegenschaftstransaktionen durch (nicht) voll entscheidungs- und handlungsfähige Personen sind in der Praxis mit zahlreichen Komplikationen verbunden. So sind Liegenschaften einerseits oftmals der wesentliche (und ggf sogar einzige) Bestandteil des Vermögens einer Person. Andererseits ist zu berücksichtigten, dass der Modus für den Eigentumserwerb von Immobilien gem § 431 ABGB die Eintragung ins Grundbuch ist, welche deutlich aufwendiger, komplexer und kostspieliger als die Übergabe bei beweglichen Sachen (Mobilien) ist. Schließlich ist zu beachten, dass Liegenschaftstransaktionen im Regelfall nicht zum ordentlichen Geschäftsbetrieb gehören und aus diesem Grund bei minderjährigen Vertragspartnern gem § 167 Abs 3 ABGB zur Rechtswirksamkeit des Rechtsgeschäfts die Genehmigung des Pflegschaftsgerichts einzuholen ist. Dasselbe gilt gem § 258 Abs 4 ABGB für Vertretungshandlungen des Erwachsenenvertreters. Bei Liegenschaftstransaktionen hat das Pflegschaftsgericht außerdem spezifische Vorschriften anzuwenden. Die gegenständliche Masterthesis setzt sich genau mit diesen Problemstellungen auseinander und versucht praxisnahe Lösungsansätze zu bieten. Besonderes Augenmerk legt die vorliegende Masterthesis dabei auf zwei Aspekte: Einerseits soll dargelegt werden, inwieweit pflegebefohlene Personen selbstständig, sohin ohne Mitwirkung eines gesetzlichen Vertreters immobilienbezogene Rechtsgeschäfte abschließen können. Andererseits wird aufgezeigt, welche Voraussetzungen für eine wirksame Stellvertretung bei immobilienbezogenen Geschäften vorliegen müssen, an denen zumindest eine nicht ausreichend handlungs- und entscheidungsfähige Person beteiligt ist. Da in dieser Sachverhaltskonstellation den Bestimmungen in Bezug auf die pflegschaftsgerichtliche Genehmigung, konkret den §§ 167 Abs 3, 219, 223 sowie 258 Abs 4 ABGB, herausragende Bedeutung zukommt, werden diese in der gegenständlichen Masterthesis besonders ausgearbeitet. Abschließend werden Besonderheiten bei der Ausgestaltung des Kaufvertrages sowie der grundbücherlichen Durchführung behandelt.
Establishing the Probability of a real Effect Given the Data (PEGD) for randomized controlled trials published in the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia — a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Jones, Philip
name: Chuang, Zachary
name: Martin, Janet
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Statistics and Probability
subject: Biostatistics
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
subject: Anesthesia and Analgesia
subject: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
subject: Bayes factors
subject: False positive
subject: cardiac
subject: Likelihood ratios
subject: anesthesiology
subject: RCT

description: Exploring the probability of real effects in cardiac anesthesia RCTs
Particle-based Multiscale Modeling of Calcium Puff Dynamics
Creators: name: Dobramysl, Ulrich
name: Rüdiger, Sten
name: Erban, Radek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Intracellular calcium is regulated in part by the release of Ca$^{2+}$ ions from the endoplasmic reticulum via inositol-4,5-triphosphate receptor (IP$_3$R) channels (among other possibilities such as RyR and L-type calcium channels). The resulting dynamics are highly diverse, lead to local calcium "puffs" as well as global waves propagating through cells, as observed in {\it Xenopus} oocytes, neurons, and other cell types. Local fluctuations in the number of calcium ions play a crucial role in the onset of these features. Previous modeling studies of calcium puff dynamics stemming from IP$_3$R channels have predominantly focused on stochastic channel models coupled to deterministic diffusion of ions, thereby neglecting local fluctuations of the ion number. Tracking of individual ions is computationally difficult due to the scale separation in the Ca$^{2+}$ concentration when channels are in the open or closed states. In this paper, a spatial multiscale model for investigating of the dynamics of puffs is presented. It couples Brownian motion (diffusion) of ions with a stochastic channel gating model. The model is used to analyze calcium puff statistics. Concentration time traces as well as channel state information are studied. We identify the regime in which puffs can be found and develop a mean-field theory to extract the boundary of this regime. Puffs are only possible when the time scale of channel inhibition is sufficiently large. Implications for the understanding of puff generation and termination are discussed.
description: 20 pages, 9 figures, to appear in SIAM Multiscale Modeling and Simulation
title: Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) and its effect on anti-malarial chemotherapy
Creators: name: Hamood Eyssa, Fayza
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2023

description: Millions of Yemenis and East Africans habitually chew daily the fresh leaves and twigs of Catha edulis commonly known as khat; it produces a stimulating amphetamine-like effect. Most people believe that khat leaves relieve fatigue and reduce body temperature; therefore it is a common practice to chew khat during sickness and during treatment. The effect of khat chewing on the bioavailability of certain antibiotics has been studied; the outcome of these studies showed that khat chewing significantly reduced the bioavailability of the antibiotics, however, khat and its effect on anti-malarial drugs has not been studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of khat on antimalarial chemotherapy and to explore possible pharmacokinetic interactions between chloroquine (CQ) and khat duri!1g co-administration in healthy adult Yemeni volunteers. Furthermore, we wanted to determine the effect of khat on CQ concentration, parasitaemia and parasite clearance in Plasmodium falciparum infected patients. In addition, anti-malarial activity was tested in vitro against CQ sensitive-resistant strains. In a two-phase cross-over study, 15 healthy adult male volunteers were given a single dose of 600 mg of CQ with and without khat. Plasma concentrations ofCQ were determined during a 24 h period following drug administration on both occasions. CQ plasma concentrations were determined by a validated HPLC-UV method. Pharmacokinetic parameters ofCQ were calculated using compartmental analysis. In the two periods of treatment, the mean (SD) peak plasma concentrations (Cmax) were 415 (103) nglml (CQ with khat) and 508 (106) ng/ml (CQ alone). The total areas under the curve (ACUO-24) were 2108 (682) ng/h/ml (CQ with khat) and 2797 (845) ng/h Iml (CQ alone). The time taken to reach Cmax (Tmax) was 3.8 (0.41) hand 3.6 (0.51) h. and elimination half-life (tv,) was 7.7 (2.10) hand 7.5 (2.77) h respectively. Statistically significant differences were observed for both (Cmax) (p < .001) and (ACUO-24) (p< .003) of CQ when comparing values with or without khat. These results demonstrat~ a pharmacokinetic interaction between CQ and khat and suggest that the observed interaction may be clinically significant, although the CQ levels were above the therapeutic level for P.falciparum.
Extending the multi-level method for the simulation of stochastic biological systems
Creators: name: Lester, Christopher
name: Baker, Ruth E.
name: Giles, Michael B.
name: Yates, Christian A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The multi-level method for discrete state systems, first introduced by Anderson and Higham [Multiscale Model. Simul. 10:146--179, 2012], is a highly efficient simulation technique that can be used to elucidate statistical characteristics of biochemical reaction networks. A single point estimator is produced in a cost-effective manner by combining a number of estimators of differing accuracy in a telescoping sum, and, as such, the method has the potential to revolutionise the field of stochastic simulation. The first term in the sum is calculated using an approximate simulation algorithm, and can be calculated quickly but is of significant bias. Subsequent terms successively correct this bias by combining estimators from approximate stochastic simulations algorithms of increasing accuracy, until a desired level of accuracy is reached. In this paper we present several refinements of the multi-level method which render it easier to understand and implement, and also more efficient. Given the substantial and complex nature of the multi-level method, the first part of this work (Sections 2 - 5) is written as a tutorial, with the aim of providing a practical guide to its use. The second part (Sections 6 - 8) takes on a form akin to a research article, thereby providing the means for a deft implementation of the technique, and concludes with a discussion of a number of open problems.
description: 38 pages
Emergence of superconductivity in a doped single-valley quadratic band crossing system of spin-1/2 fermions
Creators: name: Pawlak, Kelly Ann
name: Murray, James M.
name: Vafek, Oskar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For two-dimensional single-valley quadratic band crossing systems with weak repulsive electron-electron interactions, we show that upon introducing a chemical potential, particle-hole order is suppressed and superconductivity becomes the leading instability. In contrast to the two-valley case realized in bilayer graphene, the single-valley quadratic band touching is protected by crystal symmetries, and the different symmetries and number of fermion flavors can lead to distinct phase instabilities. Our results are obtained using a weak-coupling Wilsonian renormalization group procedure on a low-energy effective Hamiltonian relevant for describing electrons on checkerboard or kagomé lattices. In 4-fold symmetric systems we find that $d$-wave and $s$-wave superconductivity are realized for short-ranged (Hubbard) and longer-ranged (forward scattering), respectively. In the 6-fold symmetric case, we find either $s$-wave superconductivity or no superconducting instability.
description: 7+3 Pages, 9 Figures
Maternal alcohol consumption producing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD): Quantity, frequency, and timing of drinking
Creators: name: Barnard, Ronel
name: Adnams, Colleen M.
name: Parry, Charles D.H.
name: May, Philip A.
name: Gossage, J. Phillip
name: Cloete, Marise
name: Robinson, Luther K.
name: De Vries, Marlene
name: Blankenship, Jason
name: Tabachnick, Barbara
name: Marais, Anna-Susan
name: Hasken, Julie
name: Joubert, Belinda
name: Kalberg, Wendy O.
name: Buckley, David
name: Seedat, Soraya
name: Manning, Melanie
name: Hoyme, H. Eugene
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Concise, accurate measures of maternal prenatal alcohol use are needed to better understand fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
The prevalence of substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders as a function of psychotic symptoms
Creators: name: Richards, Jessica M.
name: Daughters, Stacey B.
name: Dahne, Jennifer
name: Lejuez, C.W.
name: Pickover, Alison
name: Lechner, William V.
name: Chen, Kevin W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Psychotic symptoms represent one of the most severe and functionally impairing components of several psychological disorders. One group with particularly high rates of psychotic symptoms is chronic substance users. However, the literature on psychotic symptoms and substance use is quite narrow and has focused almost exclusively on drug-induced psychosis, neglecting the population of substance users with psychotic symptoms occurring independently of acute drug effects.
Atractides (Atractides) nilgiris Cook 1967
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Bordoloi, Sabitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Hygrobatidae
Atractides
Atractides nilgiris

description: Atractides (Atractides) nilgiris Cook, 1967
Records from the study area: Tamil Nadu—Cook (1967); Prasad (1974).
Habitat: Small mountain cataract streams.
Distribution: India.
description: Published as part of Pešić, Vladimir, Chatterjee, Tapas & Bordoloi, Sabitry, 2010, A checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of India, with new records and description of one new species, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 2617 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2617.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/197964
Futurescan 2: Collective Voices - Editor Biographies
Creators: name: Figshare Admin Futurescan
Publisher: name: FUTURESCAN
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 120306 Textile and Fashion Design
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Editor biographies for Futurescan 2: Collective Voices, Sheffield Hallam University, 10th-11th January 2013.

Futurescan 2: Collective Voices
Edited by Helena Britt, Sally Wade and Kerry WaltonDecember 2013ISBN: 978 1 907382 64 2
Effective transverse radius of nucleon in high-energy elastic diffractive scattering
Creators: name: Godizov, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-energy elastic diffraction of nucleons is considered in the framework of the simplest Regge-eikonal approximation. It is demonstrated explicitly that the effective transverse radius of nucleon in this nonperturbative regime is $\sim 0.2÷0.3$ fm and much less than the transverse size of the diffractive interaction region.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables; some misprints are corrected
title: A randomised controlled crossover trial to assess the effectiveness of, preference for and length of structured reply letters when communicating with referring practitioners
Creators: name: Davies, James
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2012

description: Title A randomised controlled crossover trial to assess the effectiveness of, preference for and length of structured reply letters when communicating with referring practitioners Statement “I have made this letter longer than usual as I lack the time to make it short” (Blasie Pascal 1623-1662) Objectives To identify whether : 1. Structured reply letters from consultants were more effective at communicating with and/ or preferred by practitioners when compared to consultants’ standard reply letters. 2. There were differences in the length of the two formats. Null Hypothesis No significant difference exists between practitioner’s awareness of key patient information when receiving either the structured consultant reply letter or the standard consultant reply letter. No significant difference exists between the word counts of the two letter formats. Design Randomised controlled crossover trial. Setting Liverpool University Dental Hospital (LUDH). Participants and methods Participants were recruited from practitioners referring orthodontic patients to LUDH. Seventy five practitioners were stratified by consultant and randomised in blocks to receive either the structured or standard letter first, followed by the alternative format six weeks later. For both groups, the word count was recorded by the secretaries. ‘Knowledge and satisfaction’ questionnaires were dispatched with the letters, completed by practitioners and returned to the department. Outcome measures The primary outcome measure was the practitioners’ awareness of the key information contained within the letter. The secondary outcome measure was the secretarial typing times for the letters. Results The response rate was 87%. There was a statistically significant improvement in practitioners’ awareness of their patient’s status (odds ratio 8.84 95% CI 1.08, 72.52) and the action required (odds ratio 4.13 95% CI 1.10, 15.45) after receiving the structured letter. Practitioners showed a strong preference (p
Attitudes of North Carolina law enforcement officers toward syringe decriminalization
Creators: name: Childs, Robert
name: Clark, Katie
name: Johnston, Jill
name: Castillo, Tessie
name: Davis, Corey S.
name: de Saxe Zerden, Lisa
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: North Carolina, like much of the U.S. South, is disproportionately affected by HIV and hepatitis. This persistently high disease burden may be driven in part by laws that criminalize the possession and distribution of syringes for illicit drug use. Legal change to decriminalize syringes may reduce infection rates in the state, but is unlikely absent support from law enforcement actors.
Data compatibility in the addiction sciences: An examination of measure commonality
Creators: name: Vullo, Genevieve C.
name: Strader, Lisa C.
name: Hussong, Andrea
name: Hamilton, Carol M.
name: Agrawal, Arpana
name: Hancock, Dana B.
name: Bjork, James M.
name: Pratt, Joseph
name: Ramos, Erin M.
name: Maiese, Deborah
name: Junkins, Heather A.
name: Finger, Matthew S.
name: Nettles, Destiney S.
name: Hendershot, Tabitha
name: Farrer, Lindsay A.
name: Huggins, Wayne
name: Conway, Kevin P.
name: Kennedy, Ashley P.
name: Wakim, Paul
name: Sher, Kenneth J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The need for comprehensive analysis to compare and combine data across multiple studies in order to validate and extend results is widely recognized. This paper aims to assess the extent of data compatibility in the substance abuse and addiction (SAA) sciences through an examination of measure commonality, defined as the use of similar measures, across grants funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Data were extracted from applications of funded, active grants involving human-subjects research in four scientific areas (epidemiology, prevention, services, and treatment) and six frequently assessed scientific domains. A total of 548 distinct measures were cited across 141 randomly sampled applications. Commonality, as assessed by density (range of 0–1) of shared measurement, was examined. Results showed that commonality was low and varied by domain/area. Commonality was most prominent for (1) diagnostic interviews (structured and semi-structured) for substance use disorders and psychopathology (density of 0.88), followed by (2) scales to assess dimensions of substance use problems and disorders (0.70), (3) scales to assess dimensions of affect and psychopathology (0.69), (4) measures of substance use quantity and frequency (0.62), (5) measures of personality traits (0.40), and (6) assessments of cognitive/neurologic ability (0.22). The areas of prevention (density of 0.41) and treatment (0.42) had greater commonality than epidemiology (0.36) and services (0.32). To address the lack of measure commonality, NIDA and its scientific partners recommend and provide common measures for SAA researchers within the PhenX Toolkit.
Motivational interviewing for genetic counseling: A unified framework for persuasive and equipoise conversations.
Creators: name: Resnicow, K
name: Delacroix, E
name: Chen, G
name: Austin, S
name: Stoffel, E
name: Hanson, EN
name: Gerido, LH
name: Kaphingst, KA
name: Yashar, BM
name: Marvin, M
name: Griggs, JJ
name: Cragun, D
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2022
Subjects: counseling techniques
decision-making
education
professional development
Communication
Counseling
Genetic Counseling
Humans
Motivational Interviewing
Persuasive Communication

description: Genetic counselors (GCs) have traditionally been trained to adopt a position of equipoise or clinical neutrality. They provide information, answer questions, address barriers, and engage in shared decision-making, but generally, they do not prescribe a genetic test. Historically, GCs have generally been trained not to persuade the ambivalent or resistant patient. More recently, however, there has been discussion regarding when a greater degree of persuasion or directionality may be appropriate within genetic counseling (GC) and what role MI may play in this process. The role for “persuasive GC” is based on the premise that some genetic tests provide actionable information that would clearly benefit patients and families by impacting treatment or surveillance. For other tests, the benefits are less clear as they do not directly impact patient care or the benefits may be more subjective in nature, driven by patient values or psychological needs. For the former, we propose that GCs may adopt a more persuasive clinical approach while for the latter, a more traditional equipoise stance may be more appropriate. We suggest that motivational interviewing (MI) could serve as a unifying counseling model that allows GCs to handle both persuasive and equipoise encounters. For clearly beneficial tests, while directional, the MI encounter can still be non-directive, autonomy-supportive, and patient-centered. MI can also be adapted for equipoise situations, for example, placing less emphasis on eliciting and strengthening change talk as that is more a behavior change strategy than a shared decision-making strategy. The core principles and strategies of MI, such as autonomy support, evocation, open questions, reflective listening, and affirmation would apply to both persuasive and equipoise encounters. Key issues that merit discussion include how best to train GCs both during their initial and post-graduate education.
Neonatal outcomes and their relationship to maternal buprenorphine dose during pregnancy
Creators: name: Seashore, Carl
name: Dengler, Erin
name: Jansson, Lauren M.
name: Garrison, Anna
name: Thorp, John
name: O’Grady, Kevin E.
name: Jones, Hendrée E.
name: Andringa, Kim
name: Horton, Evette
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Buprenorphine pharmacotherapy for opioid-dependent pregnant women is associated with maternal and neonatal outcomes superior to untreated opioid dependence. However, the literature is inconsistent regarding the possible existence of a dose-response relationship between maternal buprenorphine dose and neonatal clinical outcomes.
Opioid attentional bias and cue-elicited craving predict future risk of prescription opioid misuse among chronic pain patients
Creators: name: Howard, Matthew O.
name: Garland, Eric L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Some chronic pain patients receiving long-term opioid analgesic pharmacotherapy are at risk for misusing opioids. Like other addictive behaviors, risk of opioid misuse may be signaled by an attentional bias (AB) towards drug-related cues. The purpose of this study was to examine opioid AB as a potential predictor of opioid misuse among chronic pain patients following behavioral treatment.
Collaboration between construction firms and the supply chain for the implementation of innovation strategies
Creators: name: Leghissa, Giulia
Publisher: name: Loughborough University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: The construction industry in the UK is one of the major employers, involving many different firms and professional bodies, and it comprises of a wide range of products, services and technologies. Nonetheless, for many decades the industry has suffered several structural challenges, such as low investments in R&D and innovation, fragmentation of supply, and a lack of collaboration. In order to find solutions to these issues, the Government has implemented an Industrial Strategy, which aims to foster supply chain integration, by enhancing investment in innovation. Another specific purpose is to implement Building Information Modelling (BIM), in order to reach more efficiency and sustainability, predictable delivery of buildings, and off-site manufacturing. [Continues.]
Substance use patterns and factors associated with changes over time in a cohort of heterosexual women at risk for HIV acquisition in the United States
Creators: name: Mannheimer, Sharon
name: Hughes, James
name: Kuo, Irene
name: Adimora, Adaora A.
name: Frew, Paula M.
name: Wang, Jing
name: Haley, Danielle F.
name: Hodder, Sally
name: Soto-Torres, Lydia
name: Justman, Jessica
name: Rompalo, Anne
name: Golin, Carol E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Substance use is associated with HIV sexual risk behaviors, yet few studies have examined substance use patterns longitudinally. We evaluated the types and frequency of substances used over a six-month period among U.S. women at risk for HIV acquisition.
title: Applications by Non-Governmental Organisations under the European Convention on Human Rights
Creators: name: Cecilia Hynes, Ann
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2023

description: The predominant contemporary focus of the Convention is the effectiveness of the rights with respect to the human individuals for whom the Convention was originally intended, but it can be forgotten that non-governmental organisations were subjects of many ofthe same rights from the beginning. The aim of this work is to review applications made by non-governmental organisations (NGO's) under the European Convention of Human Rights. It covers applications to the European Commission (abolished since Protocol!!) and to the European Court. It is important to emphasise that this work is not a review of the substantive Articles themselves, but of their applicability to non-governmental organisations and the value and relevance of the rights to non-governmental organisations. Mention has been made of applications of minor importance to illustrate range of applications. Applications brought by individuals are discussed only when they are of significant importance to understanding the context of a Convention Article or the context ofparticular arguments. The general aim is to assess the contribution made by NGO applications to Convention case law. I have sought to take account of Convention jurisprudence up to the end of2006, although reference is made to a small number of decisions in 2007. Material was drawn from University library resources and from the website of the Court ofHuman Rights, together with resources available through electronic journals on the Internet.
Torsional Wave Propagation in Carbon Nanotube Bundles
Creators: name: M. Arda
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 91301 Acoustics and Noise Control (excl. Architectural Acoustics)
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: Torsional wave propagation in carbon nanotube bundle structures has been analyzed with Nonlocal Strain Gradient Theory. Governing equation of motion of carbon nanotube bundles have been derived. Phase and group velocity relations have been obtained. Elastic medium has been considered as a matrix material between the nanotubes. Effect of nonlocal stress and strain gradient parameters and stiffness of elastic medium to the torsional wave frequency and phase and group velocities have been investigated. Present results could be useful in designing of composite materials for vibration isolators.
Quantum discord in the central spin model
Creators: name: Zobov, V. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum properties of dynamic correlations in a system of an electron spin surrounded by nuclear spins under the conditions of free induction decay (FID) and spin echo have been studied. Analytical results for the time evolution of mutual information, classical part of correlations, and quantum part characterized by quantum discord have been obtained within the central spin model in the high-temperature approximation. The same formulas describe the quantum discord in both the FID and the spin echo although the forms of the dependences are different because of difference in the parameters entering into the formulas. Discord of the spin echo compared with the FID has a strong dependence on time at short times, and it tends to zero with decreasing of the magnetic field, whereas in the case of the FID it reaches a plateau.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, report for the International Conference "ICMNE-2014" with "Quantum Informatics-2014", Zvenigorod, Moscow region, Russia, October 06-10, 2014
Акустический шум низколетящего квадрокоптера
Creators: name: Ю.М. Заславский
name: В.Ю. Заславский
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 91301 Acoustics and Noise Control (excl. Architectural Acoustics)
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: Выполнен спектральный анализ акустического шума, создаваемого квадрокоптером, барражирующим с невысокой полетной скоростью на высоте «птичьего полета» над обширным участком равнинной местности, лишенной растительности и строений. Исследованы характерные особенности спектрального состава шума, создаваемого в режимах взлета, горизонтального полета с маршевой скоростью, спуска и приземления, полученные по результатам регистрации на незначительных дистанциях до источника. Материалы обработки и анализа акустических сигналов представляют интерес для удаленного контроля движения БПЛА легкого класса.
Anisotropic interactions opposing magnetocrystalline anisotropy in Sr$_3$NiIrO$_6$
Creators: name: Lefrançois, E.
name: Pradipto, A. -M.
name: Sala, M. Moretti
name: Chapon, L. C.
name: Simonet, V.
name: Picozzi, S.
name: Lejay, P.
name: Petit, S.
name: Ballou, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report our investigation of the electronic and magnetic excitations of Sr$_3$NiIrO$_6$ by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering at the Ir L$_3$ edge. The intra-$t_{2g}$ electronic transitions are analyzed using an atomic model, including spin-orbit coupling and trigonal distortion of the IrO$_6$ octahedron, confronted to {\it ab initio} quantum chemistry calculations. The Ir spin-orbital entanglement is quantified and its implication on the magnetic properties, in particular in inducing highly anisotropic magnetic interactions, is highlighted. These are included in the spin-wave model proposed to account for the dispersionless magnetic excitation that we observe at 90 meV. By counterbalancing the strong Ni$^{2+}$ easy-plane anisotropy that manifests itself at high temperature, the anisotropy of the interactions finally leads to the remarkable easy-axis magnetism reported in this material at low temperature.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms and smoking trajectories: Race and gender differences
Creators: name: Lee, Chien-Ti
name: Fuemmeler, Bernard F.
name: Kollins, Scott H.
name: Clark, Trenette T.
name: McClernon, F. Joseph
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: This study examined the influence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms severity and directionality (hyperactive-impulsive symptoms relative to inattentive symptoms) on trajectories of the probability of current (past month) smoking and the number of cigarettes smoked from age 13 to 32. Racial and gender differences in the relationship of ADHD symptoms and smoking trajectories were also assessed.