cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Crystallizing the hypoplactic monoid: from quasi-Kashiwara operators to the Robinson--Schensted--Knuth-type correspondence for quasi-ribbon tableaux
Creators: name: Cain, Alan J.
name: Malheiro, António
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05E15 (Primary), 05E05, 20M05 (Secondary)

description: Crystal graphs, in the sense of Kashiwara, carry a natural monoid structure given by identifying words labelling vertices that appear in the same position of isomorphic components of the crystal. In the particular case of the crystal graph for the $q$-analogue of the special linear Lie algebra $\mathfrak{sl}_{n}$, this monoid is the celebrated plactic monoid, whose elements can be identified with Young tableaux. The crystal graph and the so-called Kashiwara operators interact beautifully with the combinatorics of Young tableaux and with the Robinson--Schensted--Knuth correspondence and so provide powerful combinatorial tools to work with them. This paper constructs an analogous `quasi-crystal' structure for the hypoplactic monoid, whose elements can be identified with quasi-ribbon tableaux and whose connection with the theory of quasi-symmetric functions echoes the connection of the plactic monoid with the theory of symmetric functions. This quasi-crystal structure and the associated quasi-Kashiwara operators are shown to interact just as neatly with the combinatorics of quasi-ribbon tableaux and with the hypoplactic version of the Robinson--Schensted--Knuth correspondence. A study is then made of the interaction of the crystal graph of the plactic monoid and the quasi-crystal graph for the hypoplactic monoid. Finally, the quasi-crystal structure is applied to prove some new results about the hypoplactic monoid.
description: 55 pages. Minor revision to fix typos, add references, and discuss an open question
title: Quantitative evaluation of liver echogenicity
Creators: name: Santos, Rute
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Metabolic disorders

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Steatosis is a hepatic disease and its diagnosis is very difficult (1,2). The gold standard for the detection and characterization of this pathology is the biopsy, although it is very invasive for the patient and expensive (4,5). The use of...
Updating Clinical Practice Guidelines
Creators: name: Scattoloni, Joseph A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2002

description: Context: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are an expanding area ofhealthcare, but may be worthless and in fact hazardous if they are not current. Virtually no published methods or specific guides to updating them exist, and there have been few published tracts that document the different originating organizations' actual methods concerning guideline review and revision. Objective: To document, compare, and evaluate the CPG development and update methodologies of seven professional physician organizations. Participants: Six physician organizations were selected from the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC). An additional physician organization's methods are introduced from the author's experience working for said organization. Methods: A preliminary questionnaire was sent to selected organization representatives (six). Data was collected through informal, semi-structured phone interviews. A single organization (USPSTF) was sampled through the author's one-month practicum experience developing and applying review methods to guidelines possibly requiring update. Results: All organizations were very concerned with the rapidly changing healthcare environment and have goals of keeping their guidelines up to date. However, these goals generally have not been translated into explicit operational methods. One of seven have specified update interval; three of seven have systematic processes for updating; four of seven have systematic processes for doing an update. None have explicit methods for selecting topic experts. Time estimates for updates range from twelve to thirty-six months (eighteen month average). Conclusion: Guidelines have been promoted as a necessary means of improving healthcare for both individual patients and for the system at large, but the methods in place for systematically reviewing and updating previously created guidelines are sub-optimal. Attention to this problem is increasing as efforts to develop new methods have started appearing both in the literature and in several organizations (herein discussed). These labors in addition to increasing information technologies should allow ongoing review and updating of guidelines in the future.
title: Time effective quantitative MRI assessment of visceral adipose tissue in overweight to severely obese patients
Creators: name: Schaudinn , Alexander
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: MR
subject: Segmentation

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Obesity is an increasing health care problem in many industrialized countries.Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) has been found to correlate with obesity-related diseases [1]. Quantification of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is increasinglyused for risk...
title: Magnetic resonance imaging in pseudotumor cerebri
Creators: name: Saad, Jamel
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Eyes
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cerebrospinal fluid

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: There have been many attempts in the past to define objective structural signs on cross-sectional imaging that would actually identify idiopathic intracranial hypertension patients; most reports regarding the subject conclude that in the appropriate...
title: Assessment of metabolic changes within normal appearing gray and white matter in patients with Hashimoto disease without central nervous system involvement: magnetic resonance spectroscopy and hormonal correlations
Creators: name: Bladowska, Joanna
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: MR-Spectroscopy
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Endocrine disorders

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is the most common autoimmune disease in humans frequently leading to hypothyroidism [1]. It has been reported that among patients with hypothyroidism receiving biochemically adequate treatment, well-being and cognition...
Deconstructing the Antlia cluster core
Creators: name: Caso, J. P.
name: Richtler, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present literature does not give a satisfactory answer to the question about the nature of the "Antlia galaxy cluster". The radial velocities of galaxies found in the region around the giant ellipticals NGC 3258/3268 range from about 1000 km/s to 4000 km/s. We characterise this region and its possible kinematical and population substructure. We have obtained VLT--VIMOS multi-object spectra of the galaxy population in the inner part of the Antlia cluster and measure radial velocities for 45 potential members. We supplement our galaxy sample with literature data, ending up with 105 galaxy velocities. We find a large radial velocity dispersion for the entire sample as reported in previous papers. However, we find three groups at about 1900 km/s, 2800 km/s, and 3700 km/s, which we interpret as differences in the recession velocities rather than peculiar velocities. The high radial velocity dispersion of galaxies in the Antlia region reflects a considerable extension along the line of sight.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures, accepted in A&A
title: Role of diffusion weighted MRI in the evaluation of paediatric soft tissue tumours
Creators: name: Abou El Hassan, Marwa
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Oncology
subject: Paediatric
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Neoplasia

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: to evaluate the signal characteristics of MRI diffusion weighted sequences of soft tissue tumors in pediatrics and their corresponding ADC measurements and their ability to differentiate between benign and malignant lesions and their response to...
The Arithmetic of Elliptic Fibrations in Gauge Theories on a Circle
Creators: name: Grimm, Thomas W.
name: Kapfer, Andreas
name: Klevers, Denis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The geometry of elliptic fibrations translates to the physics of gauge theories in F-theory. We systematically develop the dictionary between arithmetic structures on elliptic curves as well as desingularized elliptic fibrations and symmetries of gauge theories on a circle. We show that the Mordell-Weil group law matches integral large gauge transformations around the circle in Abelian gauge theories and explain the significance of Mordell-Weil torsion in this context. We also use Higgs transitions and circle large gauge transformations to introduce a group law for genus-one fibrations with multi-sections. Finally, we introduce a novel arithmetic structure on elliptic fibrations with non-Abelian gauge groups in F-theory. It is defined on the set of exceptional divisors resolving the singularities and divisor classes of sections of the fibration. This group structure can be matched with certain integral non-Abelian large gauge transformations around the circle when studying the theory on the lower-dimensional Coulomb branch. Its existence is required by consistency with Higgs transitions from the non-Abelian theory to its Abelian phases in which it becomes the Mordell-Weil group. This hints towards the existence of a new underlying geometric symmetry.
description: 43 pages, 3 figures
title: Tumour targeting for imaged-guided percutaneous thermal ablation: simulation modelling
Creators: name: Abdullah, Basri Johan Jeet
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Liver
subject: CT
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Ablation procedures

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Introduction. - In the last two decades, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been widely used for metastatic and small primary tumours (Lencioni et al., 2005). RFA serves as a bridge for transplant candidates, especially in relation to small primary...
Improving Oral Health in a Developing Nation: Possible Interventions to the Reduce the Burden of Suffering due to Caries in Haiti
Creators: name: Thomas, Benjamin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Haiti is currently the poorest country in the western hemisphere. As such, the Haitian healthcare system is grossly underfunded and indicators such as life expectancy infant mortality are among the worst in the world. The people of Haiti also suffer from a high rate of dental caries (also known as cavities, or dental decay); more than 50% of children are affected by it and very few receive treatment. This is a highly prevalent disease that is both preventable and manageable in more developed nations. Strategies already exist whereby a large proportion of caries can be prevented and treated in Haiti-they have been tried and tested in other countries. Specifically, I recommend that immediate efforts to improve oral health in Haiti focus on fluoridation of table salt and establishment of supervised brushing programs in elementary schools across the nation. As a supplement to these public health prevention strategies, it is also recommended that serious consideration be given to establishing schools to train local dental hygienists, and stemming the flow of newly educated dentists from leaving the country and providing incentives to allow greater access to dental care in outlying regions. This will require the allocation of funding to provide employment opportunities for young dentists as well as forging new partnerships (and strengthening any already in existence) between Haiti's dental schools and their American or Canadian counterparts. It is my belief that the recommendations given here are supported by existing literature and expert opinion; it is hoped that this paper may serve as a basis for further study and funding of new initiatives to evaluate potential for large-scale implementation.
Existence of the critical endpoint in the vector meson extended linear sigma model
Creators: name: Kovács, Peter
name: Szép, Zsolt
name: Wolf, György
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The chiral phase transition of the strongly interacting matter is investigated at nonzero temperature and baryon chemical potential mu_B within an extended (2+1) flavor Polyakov constituent quark-meson model which incorporates the effect of the vector and axial vector mesons. The effect of the fermionic vacuum and thermal fluctuations computed from the grand potential of the model is taken into account in the curvature masses of the scalar and pseudoscalar mesons. The parameters of the model are determined by comparing masses and tree-level decay widths with experimental values in a chi^2-minimization procedure which selects between various possible assignments of scalar nonet states to physical particles. We examine the restoration of the chiral symmetry by monitoring the temperature evolution of condensates and the chiral partners' masses and of the mixing angles for the pseudoscalar eta-eta' and the corresponding scalar complex. We calculate the pressure and various thermodynamical observables derived from it and compare them to the continuum extrapolated lattice results of the Wuppertal-Budapest collaboration. We study the T-mu_B phase diagram of the model and find that a critical end point exists for parameters of the model, which give acceptable values of chi^2.
description: 21 pages, 8 color eps figures, published version
Fokusgruppe "Informationsbudget" - Ziele und Zwischenergebnisse der Zusammenarbeit
Creators: name: Barbers, Irene
name: Bove, Karolin
name: Grimm, Steffi
name: Lauer, Sascha
name: Riesenweber, Christina
name: Rösch, Henriette
name: Schön, Margit
name: Wenninger, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Open-Access-Transformation
Informationsbudget

description: Forderungen nach einem transparenten Kosten- und Publikationsmonitoring im Kontext der Open-Access-Transformation gibt es bereits seit mehreren Jahren. Mit dem 2021 gestarteten DFG-Förderprogramm "Open-Access-Publikationskosten" und den Anfang 2022 erschienenen Empfehlungen des Wissenschaftsrats zur Transformation des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens zu Open Access gewinnt das Thema weiter an wissenschaftspolitischer Bedeutung. Wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken und Einrichtungen in Deutschland stehen vor der Herausforderung, Informationsbudgets zu implementieren. Ziel ist ein jeweils einrichtungsweites und transparentes Publikations- und Kostenmonitoring, d. h. die systematische Erfassung und Auswertung des Publikationsaufkommens einer Einrichtung sowie der zentral und dezentral anfallenden Kosten für das Publizieren und die Literaturversorgung. Werkzeuge und Prozesse müssen dabei in enger Kollaboration mit vielen anderen Organisationseinheiten angepasst und entwickelt werden, beispielsweise mit Haushalts- und Drittmittelabteilungen, Controlling, Berichtswesen und Forschung. Die im Rahmen des BMBF-geförderten Projekts open-access.network Anfang 2023 gegründete Fokusgruppe Informationsbudget dient dem praktischen Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken. In der Gruppe wollen wir gemeinsame Bedarfe und Voraussetzungen identifizieren, notwendige Handlungsfelder diskutieren, mögliche Maßnahmen definieren und deren Umsetzung planen. Der Vortrag stellt die Zielsetzungen und Arbeitsweisen der Fokusgruppe sowie ihrer thematischen Untergruppen vor, geht auf bisherige Aktivitäten ein und gibt einen Einblick in unsere aktuellen Diskussionen und ersten Ergebnisse.
Low-noise kinetic inductance traveling-wave amplifier using three-wave mixing
Creators: name: Vissers, Michael R.
name: Erickson, Robert P.
name: Ku, Hsiang-Sheng
name: Vale, Leila
name: Wu, Xian
name: Hilton, Gene
name: Pappas, David P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have fabricated a wide-bandwidth, high dynamic range, low-noise cryogenic amplifier based on a superconducting kinetic inductance traveling-wave device. The device was made from NbTiN and consisted of a long, coplanar waveguide on a silicon chip. By adding a DC current and an RF pump tone we are able to generate parametric amplification using three-wave mixing. The devices exhibit gain of more than 15 dB across an instantaneous bandwidth from 4 to 8 GHz. The total usable gain bandwidth, including both sides of the signal-idler gain region, is more than 6 GHz. The noise referred to the input of the devices approaches the quantum limit, with less than 1 photon excess noise. Compared to similarly constructed four-wave mixing amplifiers, these devices operate with the RF pump at $\sim$20 dB lower power and at frequencies far from the signal. This will permit easier integration into large scale qubit and detector applications.
Implications for the Formation of Blue Straggler Stars from HST Ultraviolet Observations of NGC 188
Creators: name: Gosnell, Natalie M.
name: Mathieu, Robert D.
name: Geller, Aaron M.
name: Sills, Alison
name: Leigh, Nathan
name: Knigge, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of a Hubble Space Telescope far-ultraviolet (FUV) survey searching for white dwarf (WD) companions to blue straggler stars (BSSs) in open cluster NGC 188. The majority of NGC 188 BSSs (15 of 21) are single-lined binaries with properties suggestive of mass-transfer formation via Roche lobe overflow, specifically through an asymptotic giant branch star transferring mass to a main sequence secondary, yielding a BSS binary with a WD companion. In NGC 188, a BSS formed by this mechanism within the past 400 Myr will have a WD companion hot and luminous enough to be directly detected as a FUV photometric excess with HST. Comparing expected BSS FUV emission to observed photometry reveals four BSSs with WD companions above 12,000 K (younger than 250 Myr) and three WD companions with temperatures between 11,000-12,000 K. These BSS+WD binaries all formed through recent mass transfer. The location of the young BSSs in an optical color-magnitude diagram (CMD) indicates that distance from the zero-age main sequence does not necessarily correlate with BSS age. There is no clear CMD separation between mass transfer-formed BSSs and those likely formed through other mechanisms, such as collisions. The seven detected WD companions place a lower limit on the mass-transfer formation frequency of 33%. We consider other possible formation mechanisms by comparing properties of the BSS population to theoretical predictions. We conclude that 14 BSS binaries likely formed from mass transfer, resulting in an inferred mass-transfer formation frequency of approximately 67%.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures, accepted to the Astrophysical Journal
A Review of Process and Outcome Measurements in Community-Level HIV Behavioral Interventions among Men Who Have Sex with Men
Creators: name: Reott, Karyn
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Introduction: Many effective HIV behavioral interventions among men who have sex with men (MSM) utilize the Popular Opinion Leader (POL) model of promoting safer sexual behavior, based on Rogers‟ diffusion of innovations theory (Rogers, 2003). This paper reviews the process and outcome measures used in a sample of published POL interventions focused on MSM, and examines best practices in both process execution and in outcome measurement among studies of this type. Methods: I reviewed six studies selected from a PubMed database search that met the following criteria: HIV community intervention among men who have sex with men, which used or intended to use the popular opinion leader methodology. The process measures I reviewed include selection of study venue, identification and recruitment of popular opinion leaders within the community, obtaining a critical mass of POLs needed to effect changes in behavioral norms, and effective training of POLs. The outcome measures I reviewed include behavioral measures, survey recall period, and the difficulties in supplementing the behavioral measures with biological measures. An additional intervention design element I considered was time to follow up and the need for continued follow up. Results: Of the six studies I reviewed, four reported statistically significant reductions in sexual risk behavior among the intervention population. Problems in POL identification and recruitment, as well as limitations in the POL training provided, appear to be factors in the lack of successful results for the two other studies. Implementation challenges existed in these two settings, however, which may have reduced the potential for diffusion of innovation. Discussion: Difficulties experienced by two studies point out the need for additional research in HIV POL interventions in large metropolitan settings, and the need for longer follow up periods to measure any lasting behavioral changes resulting from the interventions. Measurement of biological outcomes in HIV behavioral interventions in a community setting present ethical and expense issues, with the result that most studies of this type rely on reported behavioral outcomes to define intervention success.
title: PET/CT evaluation of tumour heterogeneity in patients colorectal cancer with and without liver metastasis
Creators: name: Hakami, Yahya
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Colon
subject: Oncology
subject: Nuclear medicine
subject: PET-CT
subject: CT
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Cancer
subject: Metastases

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Introduction : Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in males and the second in females. Males are more prone to develop CRC than female and elderly patient > 50y are more commonly affected. During the course of their...
title: Diagnostic accuracy of low dose mammography acquired during digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)
Creators: name: Clauser, Paola
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Mammography
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Use of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is increasing in clinical practice thanks to its ability toreduce breast tissue overlapping [1]. DBT is useful in particular in the identification of masses anddistortions, [2] and it seems to have a good...
USIA Poll # 1985-I85103: Post-Geneva Survey
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Following of news on international affairs (1); US-Soviet Union relations (1); confidence in US/Soviet Union to deal with world problems responsibly (2); US/Soviet Union policies/actions (2); US/Soviet Union efforts in reaching arms reduction agreements (2); meeting in Geneva between US President Ronald Reagan and Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev (2); Gorbachev efforts to reduce tensions (1); likeliness of US/Soviet Union reaching an agreement to reduce nuclear weapons (1); confidence in Soviet Union/US to keep its word on reduction of nuclear weapons agreements (2); confidence that US will protect Great Britain's interests in reduction of nuclear weapons agreements (1); Strategic Defense Initiative/Star Wars (1); anti-missile defense system (9); defensive weaponry in space (1); concern of Soviet Union/US pressure into adoption of policies against British interests (2); concern about Soviet Union attack on Western Europe (1); confidence in the US to do what is necessary to defend Great Britain in the event of a Soviet Union attack (2); defense spending (1); comparison of US/USSR military strength (1); importance of problems in international affairs to national interests (5); presence of Soviet Union troops in Afghanistan (2); concern about armed conflict in Europe (1).
Chemical abundances of giant stars in the Crater stellar system
Creators: name: Bonifacio, P.
name: Caffau, E.
name: Zaggia, S.
name: François, P.
name: Sbordone, L.
name: Andrievsky, S. M.
name: Korotin, S. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtained spectra for two giants of Crater (Crater J113613-105227 and Crater J113615-105244) using X-Shooter at the VLT. The spectra have been analysed with the MyGIsFoS code using a grid of synthetic spectra computed from one dimensional, Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium (LTE) model atmospheres. Effective temperature and surface gravity have been derived from photometry measured from images obtained by the Dark Energy Survey. The radial velocities are 144.3+-4.0 km/s for Crater J113613-105227 and and 134.1+-4.0 km/s for Crater J113615-105244. The metallicities are [Fe/H]=-1.73 and [Fe/H]=-1.67, respectively. Beside the iron abundance we could determine abundances for nine elements: Na, Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Ni and Ba. For Na and Ba we took into account deviations from LTE, since the corrections are significant. The abundance ratios are similar in the two stars and resemble those of Galactic stars of the same metallicity. On the deep photometric images we could detect several stars that lie to the blue of the turn-off. conclusions heading (optional), leave it empty if necessary The radial velocities imply that both stars are members of the Crater stellar system. The difference in velocity between the two taken at face value, implies a velocity dispersion > 3.7 km/s at 95% confidence level. Our spectroscopic metallicities are in excellent agreement with that determined by previous investigations using photometry. Our deep photometry and the spectroscopic metallicity imply an age of 7 Gyr for the main population of the system. The stars to the blue of the turn-off can be interpreted as a younger population, of the same metallicity and an age of 2.2 Gyr. Finally, spatial and kinematical parameters support the idea that this system is associated to the galaxies Leo~IV and Leo~V. All the observations favour the interpretation of Crater as a dwarf galaxy. (Abridged).
description: Submitted to A&A Letters on April 21, 2015, Accepted June 9, 2015
Access to Care and Wealth Assessment in Clients of the HealthStore Foundation
Creators: name: Alexander, Thomas
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Context: In developing countries, access to health care services and essential medications is often limited. To combat this, NGOs, as well as governments have encouraged the private sector to help fill the gap. In Kenya, one such organization is The HealthStore Foundation. The HealthStore Foundation organizes franchises called CFWShops, which are owned locally. Each shop provides basic consultation and medication distribution services. The stated goal of the HealthStore Foundation is to provide sustainable health care consultations and reliable medication. Objective: To create a program plan and evaluation of the HealthStore Foundation. To design a study that will assess program outcomes. The program outcomes assessed will be (a) barriers to care and (b) relative wealth of the clients who attend the CFWShops. Design: Research The HealthStore Foundation through articles, websites, and conversations with employees. Create a survey to collect information on barriers to care of CFWShop clients. Use a pre-existing survey on wealth status created by the Demographic and Health Survey in order to compare the wealth status of CFWShop clients with the wealth status of a national sample of Kenyans. Outcome Measures: 1. Descriptive analysis of barriers to care before and after clients began using CFWShops. 2. Bivariate analysis comparing barriers to care before and after clients began using CFWShops. 3. Descriptive analysis of the proportion of CFWShop clients in each quintile of relative wealth compared to a similarly urban sample.
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: August Monthly--2008 Presidential Election
Creators: name: ABC News
name: Washington Post
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2010

description: Following presidential race (1); voter intention (1); Barack Obama/Joe Biden vs. John McCain/Sarah Palin (3); presidential preference (2); George W. Bush job performance (1); direction of country (1); issues effecting vote for president (1); opinion of political leaders (6); party impressions (2); presidential candidates handling issues (10); opinion of presidential candidates (10); qualities effecting choice for president (1); enthusiasm for presidential candidates (2); Obama experience (1); McCain following Bush's lead (1); presidential campaign (2); preference for Democratic nominee (2); Obama's race (3); McCain's age (1); party conventions (1); Democratic running mate effecting vote (6); Republican running mate effecting vote (6); child as president (1); Obama nomination as progress for blacks (1); Obama as role model for black men (1); Obama nomination effecting American pride (1); War in Iraq (2); Russian/American relations (2); abortion (2).
title: In-plane electric susceptibility of small angle graphene moiré structures via Lindhard theory
Creators: name: Duman, Siyar
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Graphen
subject: Dielektrische Funktion
subject: Grahene
subject: Dielectric function

description: Wir berechnen die dielektrische Antwort von großflächigen 2-d-Strukturen auf der Grundlage der Lind-Hard-Theorie. Als Modellsysteme betrachten wir kleinwinkliges (< 3 Grad) verdrehtes (Doppel-) Zweilagengraphen.Ein Lindhard-Antwort-Code für 2-d-Gitter wurde für die Berechnung der elektrischen Suszeptibilität in der Ebene χ(q) von (Doppel-) Zweilagengraphen mit kleinem Winkel (< 3 Grad). Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass zweischichtige Graphen-Moiré-Strukturen eine größere Reaktion im Vergleich zu doppelten Doppelschichtsystemen zeigen. Dies ist hauptsächlich auf zwei Gründe zurückzuführen: Während numerisch die Suszeptibilitäten von vier Lagen größer sind als die Suszeptibilitäten von Zweilagengraphen, ist der rechnerisch relevante Teil zur Ermittlung der induzierten Dichten für die Ermittlung der induzierten Dichten im realen Raum die skalierten Suszeptibilitäten die bei Doppelschichtstrukturen kleiner sind, da die Doppelschichtstrukturen kleiner sind, da die Atomzahl N der Einheitszelle doppelt so groß ist. Zweitens erhöhen flache Bänder nahe der Fermi-Energie für einige Winkel im Fall von Doppelschichten die Antwort. Zusätzlich untersuchen wir den Effekt der Dehnungsrelaxation. Wir finden bei verschiedenen Winkeln Variationen von bis zu ∼±36 % im Vergleich zu nicht starren Strukturen.
description: We calculate the dielectric response of large-scale 2-d structures based on Lindhard theory. As model systems we consider small-angle (< 3 ◦ ) twisted (double) bilayer graphene. A Lindhard response code for 2-d lattices has been implemented for calculation of the in-plane electric susceptibility χ(q) of small angle (< 3 deg) commensurate graphene moiré bilayer and double bilayer systems.The results demonstrate that bilayer graphene moiré structures show larger response compared to double bilayer systems. This is mainly due to two reasons: while numerically the double bilayer susceptibilities are larger than bilayer susceptibilities, the computationally relevant part for obtaining induced densities in real-space are the scaled susceptibilities, which are smaller for double bilayer structures since the unit-cell atom number N is twice as large as the bilayer unit-cell number for equal angles. Secondly, the presence of flat bands around the Fermi energy for some angles in the case of bilayers improves the response.Additionally, we study the effect of strain relaxation. We find for the angles we consider variations of up to ∼ ±36% compared to unrelaxed rigid structures.
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: September Monthly--2008 Presidential Election/War on Terrorism
Creators: name: ABC News
name: Washington Post
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2010

description: Following presidential race (1); voter intention (1); Barack Obama/Joe Biden vs. John McCain/Sarah Palin (3); issues effecting vote for president (1); opinion of candidates (4); presidential candidates handling issues (10); opinion of presidential candidates (8); experience vs. vision (1); enthusiasm for presidential candidates (2); Obama experience (1); McCain following George W. Bush's lead (1); Obama explaining "change" (1); candidates understanding economic problems (2); candidates handling taxes (2); candidate choice of running-mate effecting vote (2); Sarah Palin experience (1); McCain's age (1); preference for Democratic nominee (2); personality vs. position effecting vote (1); War in Iraq (2); financial security (1); campaign against terrorism (1); safety from terrorism (1); likelihood of more terrorist attacks (1); abortion (2); gun control (2).
Reconstruction of graded groupoids from graded Steinberg algebras
Creators: name: Ara, Pere
name: Bosa, Joan
name: Hazrat, Roozbeh
name: Sims, Aidan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16W50, 22A22

description: We show how to reconstruct a graded ample Hausdorff groupoid with topologically principal neutrally graded component from the ring structure of its graded Steinberg algebra over any commutative integral domain with 1, together with the embedding of the canonical abelian subring of functions supported on the unit space. We deduce that diagonal-preserving ring isomorphism of Leavitt path algebras implies $C^*$-isomorphism of $C^*$-algebras for graphs $E$ and $F$ in which every cycle has an exit.
description: 18 pages. Revised version, to appear in Forum Mathematicum
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: September Monthly #3--2008 Presidential Election/Financial Crisis
Creators: name: ABC News
name: Washington Post
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Following presidential race (1); voter intention (1); candidate preference (5); voter participation (1); issue effecting vote for president (1); George W. Bush job performance (1); Bush handling economy (1); opinion of vice-presidential candidates (6); candidates handling issues (8); opinion of candidates (6); enthusiasm for Barack Obama (1); enthusiasm for John McCain (1); McCain taking up Bush's lead (1); Obama's experience (1); McCain's age (1); safe choice for president (2); experience of vice-presidential candidates (2); vice-presidential choices effecting vote (2); presidential debate (3); optimism (2); country's financial situation (1); financial bailouts (2); blame for financial situation (1); Congressional vote effecting economic decline (5).
Using Quality Improvement to Measure and Assess Public Health Emergency Preparedness Programs: Current Strategies, Opportunities, and Recommendations
Creators: name: Paule, Gretchen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Since 2002, Congress has provided nearly $9 billion dollars of funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health departments to improve the nation's ability to respond to public health threats. This significant investment of federal dollars has called into question whether funding has effectively improved the nation's health preparedness. Public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) programs have evolved over the last decade with federal agencies providing guidance to state and local entities on public health preparedness standards and calling for the use of quality improvement to increase accountability and measure progress in PHEP programs. However, quality improvement (QI) is data-driven, and performance measures to quantitatively assess PHEP programs are limited. Quality improvement has been utilized in various industries, such as manufacturing and healthcare, to increase efficiency and improve performance. QI is increasingly being used by state and local health departments to assess the public health system and the current climate for increased application of QI in PHEP is favorable as more guidance and evidence-based best practices are shared with the public health preparedness community. This paper reviews current leadership strategies to measure and assess PHEP programs, explores emerging quality improvement initiatives and assessment strategies, and provides recommendations on how to utilize QI to improve performance in PHEP programs.
title: Carotid dual-energy CT angiography: evaluation of ultra-low keV calculated monoenergetic datasets by means of a frequency-split approach for noise reduction at low keV levels
Creators: name: Riffel, Philipp
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Vascular
subject: Head and neck
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Technical aspects

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Calculated low keV monoenergetic datasets from Dual-energy (DE)CT angiography can significantly improve CNR ratio when compared to polyenergetic images (PEI). For carotid angiography, the optimal energy level has been determined to be 60 keV 1...
CBS News/New York Times Poll # 2003-04B: Confidence in Bush/Foreign Policy/War in Iraq/North Korea
Creators: name: CBS News
name: New York Times
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2003

description: George W. Bush job approval (1); Direction of country (1); Most important problem facing country (1); George W. Bush handling of economy (1); Follow news of world affairs (1); George W. Bush handling situation in Iraq (1); Condition of Economy (2); Confidence in George W. Bush decisions about economy (1); Confidence in Bush administration's ability to deal with international crisis (1); George W. Bush paying attention to Iraq or economy (1); Relations between US and world (2); Leaders have respect for George W. Bush (1); Bush administration tries for diplomatic solution (1); George W. Bush tries for diplomatic solution (1); US policy towards war (2); US should insert democracy where it can (1); US should take leading role in solving international problems (1); Country that poses serious threat to US (2); US attack Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein (1); Removing Saddam Hussein worth the cost of American life (1); George W. Bush most interested in with war in Iraq (1); Iraq threat to US (1); Iraq has weapons of mass destruction (1); Why no weapons found (1); Win war if no weapons (1); War worth costs if no weapons (1); Win war if lose Hussein (1); War worth costs if lose Hussein (1); Hussein dead or alive (1); Iraqi resistance assessment (1); Expected Military casualties 91); Expected civilian casualties (1); Extent of future Iraq battles (1); US Iraqi Aid Efforts (1); Remove Hussein gain Mid-east stability (1); Remove Saddam Hussein affect Democracy (1); Iraq war affect democracy (1); Iraq was affect US image (1); Current Iraqi feelings (1); Current Arab world feelings (1); Iraq success more interventions (1); Likely North Korea Intervention (1); Likely Syria intervention (1); Likely Iran intervention (1); Iraq war with Terrorism war (1); Saddam Hussein involved in September 11th attack (1); Bush Administration Rebuild Iraq (1); Consider views rebuild Iraq (1); US responsible for new Iraq government (3); US responsible for new Iraq economy (2); US police Iraq for now (1); Length of troops in Iraq (1); War on terrorism (2); North Korea nuclear threat (1); Party better (5); Personal military service (1); Family in military (1); Vote in 2000 (1).
Mid Continent Omnibus Survey #1505-3
Creators: name: WCCO-TV
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2014

description: Sunday shopping laws (1); liquor sale laws (1); blood test for drunk driving (1); sales tax reform bill (2); blame for needing special legislative session (1); legislature job performance (1); Harold LeVander job performance (2); Lyndon Johnson job performance (1); presidential candidate preferences (2); United States policy in Vietnam (1); sending troops to Israel (1).
Risk prediction models of diabetes complications: protocol for a scoping review
Creators: name: Ndjaboue, Ruth
name: Farhat, Imen
name: Ferlatte, Carol-Ann
name: Ngueta, Gerard
name: Guay, Daniel
name: Delorme, Sasha
name: straus, sharon
name: Shah, Baiju
name: Ivers, Noah
name: Yu, Catherine
name: Witteman, Holly
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Diabetes
subject: Protocol
subject: Risk Prediction
subject: Scoping Review

description: This scoping review aims to identify prediction models for risk of diabetes complications in people with prediabetes and any type of diabetes mellitus
On the Possibility of Improving the Orbits of Satellites Based on Observations of Isolated X-ray Pulsars
Creators: name: Revnivtsev, M. G.
name: Gadzhily, O. E.
name: Lutovinov, A. A.
name: Molkov, S. V.
name: Arefiev, V. A.
name: Pavlinsky, M. N.
name: Tuchin, A. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At present, there is a great worldwide interest in the development of technologies that allow information about the X-ray emission from pulsating cosmic sources to be used to obtain navigation solutions for deep-space spacecraft. In this paper, we illustrate the technique for determining the spatial position of a spacecraft based on the already existing data from the RXTE X-ray space observatory. We show that the spacecraft position toward the Crab pulsar can be determined using an X-ray detector with an effective area of about 0.6 sq.m in the energy range 3-15 keV with an accuracy up to 730 m in a signal integration time of 1000 s. Extending the energy range to 1 keV (the efficiency of the RXTE/PCA spectrometer decreases dramatically at energies below 3 keV) will allow a spacecraft position accuracy of 400-450 m to be achieved at the same effective area and up to 300-350 m when using detectors with an effective area of ~1 sq.m in the energy range 1-10 keV.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, will be published in Astronomy Letters, 2015, V.41, N.8, P.450-455
Assessment of Inclusion of Nondependent Observations in Studies Evaluating Surgical Interventions of the Hand: A Systematic Review Protocol
Creators: name: Barone, Natasha
name: Do, Uyen
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: hand
subject: hands
subject: plastic surgery
subject: systematic review

description: This is a protocol for a systematic review whose aim is to assess the prevalence of the inclusion of nondependent observations in studies evaluating surgical interventions of the hand.
Pew Research Center Poll: November 2014 Post-Election Survey
Creators: name: Pew Research Center
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2015

description: Barack Obama job performance (1); direction of country (1); news stories followed closely (4); voter participation (1); reasons for not voting (2); congressional party preference (2); method of voting (2); time waiting to vote (2); Republican control of Senate (1); Obama accomplishments in last two years (1); confidence in vote count (2); preferred government size (1); ability to make informed choice (1); discussion of campaign issues (1); mud-slinging campaigns (1); happy that Republicans have Senate control (1); who should take lead in problem solving (1); approval of Republican plans (1); Republican success (1); cooperation between Obama and Republicans (2); bipartisan relations (1); group with better approach to various issues (9); feelings toward Affordable Care Act (1); Republicans handling ACA (1); support for various policies (3); Republicans spending too much time investigating Democrats (1).
title: Mammography and ultrasonography vs magnetic resonance imaging: which modality is superior in evaluating the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer?
Creators: name: Cristel, Giulia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Mammography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Chemotherapy
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Systemic chemotherapy is used to treat women with invasive breast cancer to reduce the risk of recurrence after surgery [1]. Clinical trials comparing neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy have shown equivalent relapse-free and overall survival...