cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Impact of tubewell access and tubewell depth on childhood diarrhea in Matlab, Bangladesh
Creators: name: van Geen, Alexander
name: Streatfield, Peter Kim
name: Akita, Yasuyuki
name: Escamilla, Veronica
name: Wu, Jianyong
name: Yunus, Mohammad
name: Emch, Michael
name: Serre, Marc
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: BackgroundDuring the past three decades in Bangladesh, millions of tubewells have been installed to reduce the prevalence of diarrheal disease. This study evaluates the impacts of tubewell access and tubewell depth on childhood diarrhea in rural Bangladesh.MethodsA total of 59,796 cases of diarrhea in children under 5 were recorded in 142 villages of Matlab, Bangladesh during monthly community health surveys between 2000 and 2006. The location and depth of 12,018 tubewells were surveyed in 2002-04 and integrated with diarrhea and other data in a geographic information system. A proxy for tubewell access was developed by calculating the local density of tubewells around households. Logistic regression models were built to examine the relationship between childhood diarrhea, tubewell density and tubewell depth. Wealth, adult female education, flood control, population density and the child's age were considered as potential confounders.ResultsBaris (patrilineally-related clusters of households) with greater tubewell density were associated with significantly less diarrhea (OR (odds ratio) = 0.87, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.85-0.89). Tubewell density had a greater influence on childhood diarrhea in areas that were not protected from flooding. Baris using intermediate depth tubewells (140-300 feet) were associated with more childhood diarrhea (OR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.19-1.29) than those using shallow wells (10-140 feet). Baris using deep wells (300-990 feet) had less diarrheal disease than those using shallow wells, however, the difference was significant only when population density was low (< 1000 person/km2) or children were at the age of 13-24 months.ConclusionsIncreased access to tubewells is associated with a lower risk of childhood diarrhea. Intermediate- depth wells are associated with more childhood diarrhea compared to shallower or deeper wells. These findings may have implications for on-going efforts to reduce exposure to elevated levels of arsenic contained in groundwater that is pumped in this study area primarily from shallow tubewells.
TOT Measurement Implemented in FPGA TDC
Creators: name: Fan, Huanhuan
name: Cao, Ping
name: Liu, Shubin
name: An, Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Time measurement plays a crucial rule for the purpose of particle identification in high energy physical experiments. With the upgrading of physical goal and the developing of electronics, modern time measurement system meets the requirement of excellent resolution specification as well as high integrity. Due to Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), FPGA time-to-digital converter (TDC) becomes one of mature and prominent time measurement methods in recent years. For correcting time-walk effect caused by leading timing, time-over-threshold (TOT) measurement should be added in the FPGA TDC. TOT can be obtained by measuring the interval time of signal leading and trailing edge. Unfortunately, a traditional TDC can recognize only one kind of signal edge, the leading or the trailing. Generally, to measure the interval, two TDC channels can be used at the same time, one for leading, the other for trailing. However, this method will increase the amount of used FPGA resource and reduce the TDC's integrity unavoidably. This paper presents one method of TOT measurement implemented in a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA. In this method, TOT measure can be achieved in only one TDC input channel. The consumed resources and time resolution can both be guaranteed. Test shows that this TDC can achieve resolution better than 15 ps for leading edge measurement and 37 ps for TOT measurement. Furthermore, the TDC measuring dead time is about 2 clock cycles, which makes it be good for applications of higher physical event rate
description: 5 pages,9 figures
Oxidation Studies On Sesame Seed Oil
Creators: name: Elobeid, Mohamed
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 1980

description: Six sesame seed oils have been extracted from Sudanese seeds of known origin. The oils have been subjected to a variety of storage tests and the relative stabilities have been assessed by measuring the average odour scores (AOS), average flavour scores (AFS), refractive indices (RI), colours, peroxide values (PV), conjugable oxidation product (COP) values, oxodiene values (OV) and Kreis test of oil samples during subjection to the different storage tests. Component fatty acids, trace elements and tocopherol contents of the oils have been determined. Sesamin and sesamolin have been extracted and purified. The purities and identities of sesamin and sesamolin and the purity of a commercially purchased sesamol, used as standards, have been assessed by six independent techniques. The use of Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) together with optimised conditions for densitometry, has led to a method for the analyses of pure sesamol, sesamin and sesamolin. Interferences occur when analysing the unsaponifiables of the oils for these compounds. Optimisation of Gas—-liquid Chromatographic (GLC) conditions led to a method for separation of sesamol and sesamin standards. They were determined in the oils by direct injection of the ethanolic solutions of the unsaponifiables. Sesamolin was determined as "bound sesamol" after acid hydrolysis of the sesamolin present in the unsaponifiables. A High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed for the determination of sesamol, sesamin and sesamolin levels in the oils. Separation and analyses of the compounds have been achieved by direct injection of the ethanolic solutions of the unsaponifiables. Relationships between the compositional factors possibly affecting stability and assessment of the relative autoxidative stability of sesame seed oil have been discussed. A preliminary study into the investigation of sesamol oxidation was carried out. Sesamol was oxidised in different solvents under ultra violet (UV) light. The product(s) of the reaction were analysed by HPLC and a new peak was detected. The fraction responsible for this peak was collected by HPLC and examined by TLC; UV absorption spectrometry and chemical methods. Results obtained indicated the presence of carbonyl group(s) in the new compound.
Identification of the first-in-class dual inhibitors of human DNA topoisomerase IIα and indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO 1) with strong anticancer properties
Creators: name: Kaproń, Barbara
name: Płazińska, Anita
name: Płaziński, Wojciech
name: Plech, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Molecular docking of a large set of thiosemicarbazide-based ligands resulted in obtaining compounds that inhibited both human DNA topoisomerase IIα and indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase-1 (IDO1). To the best of our knowledge, these compounds are the first dual inhibitors targeting these two enzymes. As both of them participate in the anticancer response, the effect of the compounds on a panel of cancer cell lines was examined. Among the cell lines tested, lung cancer (A549) and melanoma (A375) cells were the most sensitive to compounds 1 (IC50=0.23 µg/ml), 2 (IC50=0.83 µg/ml) and 3 (IC50=0.25 µg/ml). The observed activity was even 90-fold higher than that of etoposide, with selectivity index values reaching 125. In-silico simulations showed that contact between 1-3 and human DNA topoisomerase II was maintained through aromatic moieties located at limiting edges of ligand molecules and intensive interactions of the thiosemicarbazide core with the DNA fragments present in the catalytic site of the enzyme.
eFORT: Deliverable 6.4 - Communication and Dissemination Plan. Initial version
Creators: name: Veikkanen, Tuuli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Horizon Europe
energy system
communication
dissemination

description: This report sets forth the initial dissemination and communication strategy for the EU-funded eFORT project. Using a targeted and customised multi-channel communication approach, the plan contains specific strategies for both the overall project and each of the four demonstration sites (Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, and Ukraine). The report presents the initially identified and categorised target groups, the main messages and communication channels for the project and each demonstration site. The main target groups include local, national and international energy actors, technical and scientific communities, policymakers, and the general public. Specific communication channels, tools, and activities are identified, and their current status and execution plans with initial timelines are provided. Lastly, communication and dissemination KPIs are defined to provide a consistent framework for assessing the progress and success of the activities.
title:  Università Agraria e territorio
Creators: name: Natili, Daniele
Publisher: name: Roma Tre University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05vf0dg29
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2025

description: Dopo aver ricostruito la storia della formazione delle tre proprietà collettive di Canale Monterano, cioè la Bandita, il ‘Comunale’ e le terre ex feudali acquistate dall’Università Agraria nel 1919-20, si espone l’evoluzione normativa che ha trasformato quest’ultima da ente per il sostentamento della popolazione ad un ente per la gestione e conservazione di un patrimonio culturale. Viene fatto cenno ai problemi urbanistici che la presenza di terre collettive ha posto alla comunità di Canale Monterano. Si descrivono poi le attività che oggi l’Università Agraria sta svolgendo in armonia con il suo ruolo di heritage community, come il restauro di Casale Santioro e la destinazione a parcheggio turistico del terreno detto ‘Poggio lupino’. Si evidenzia infine la funzione economico-sociale, negli ultimi anni realizzata attraverso un Fondo di Sussidiarietà Orizzontale (FSO).

The paper provides a reconstruction of the genesis of the three collective properties of Canale Monterano, namely the Bandita, the ‘Comunale’ and the former feudal lands purchased by the ‘Università Agraria’  in 1919-20, tracing the evolution of regulation which turned it from an entity for the sustenance of the population to one for the management and conservation of a cultural heritage. Mention is made of the urban planning challenges that the presence of collective lands has posed to the community of Canale Monterano. The activities that the Università Agraria is carrying out today in consonance with its role as a heritage community are then described, like the restoration of Casale Santioro and the conversion of the land called ‘Poggio lupino’ into a tourist parking lot. Finally, its economic and social value, played through the creation, in recent years, of a FSO (Horizontal Subsidiarity Fund) - is highlighted.
description: Eredità culturale bene comune. Per un Museo della comunità nel territorio di Canale Monterano. Prime ricerche
Hydrodynamic Simulations and Time-dependent Photoionization Modeling of Starburst-driven Superwinds
Creators: name: Danehkar, A.
name: Oey, M. S.
name: Gray, W. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Thermal energies deposited by OB stellar clusters in starburst galaxies lead to the formation of galactic superwinds. Multi-wavelength observations of starburst-driven superwinds pointed at complex thermal and ionization structures which cannot adequately be explained by simple adiabatic assumptions. In this study, we perform hydrodynamic simulations of a fluid model coupled to radiative cooling functions, and generate time-dependent non-equilibrium photoionization models to predict physical conditions and ionization structures of superwinds using the MAIHEM atomic and cooling package built on the program FLASH. Time-dependent ionization states and physical conditions produced by our simulations are used to calculate the emission lines of superwinds for various parameters, which allow us to explore implications of non-equilibrium ionization for starburst regions with potential radiative cooling.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures, talk presented at the IAU Symposium 362 "Predictive Power of Computational Astrophysics as a Discovery Tool", November 2021
Critical dynamics and domain motion from permittivity of the electronic ferroelectric (TMTTF)2AsF6
Creators: name: Brazovskii, S.
name: Monceau, P.
name: Nad, F. Ya.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quasi one-dimensional organic conductor (TMTTF)2AsF6 shows the charge ordering transition at Tc101K to a state of the ferroelectric Mott insulator which is still well conducting. We present and interpret the experimental data on the gigantic dielectric response in the vicinity of TCO, concentrating on the frequency dependence of the inverse $1/ε$ of the complex permittivity $ε=ε^\prime+iε^{\prime\prime}$. Surprisingly for a ferroelectric, we could closely approach the 2nd order phase transition and to deeply reach the critical dynamics of the polarization. We could analyse the critical slowing-down when approaching Tc from both sides and to extract the anomalous power law for the frequency dependence of the order parameter viscosity. Moreover, below Tc we could extract a sharp absorption feature coming from a motion of domain walls which shows up at a frequency well below the relaxation rate.
description: Proceedings of the international school-workshop on Electronic Crystals: ECRYS-2014, Physica B (2014)
Tribocorrosion at the Implant -Abutment Interface Simulating Clinically Relevant Conditions
Creators: name: Shukla, Apurwa
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Implant treatment is provided to individuals with normal, idealized masticatory forces and is also used to treat patients with parafunctional habits such as grinding, clenching, and bruxing. In addition, dental erosion is a common condition that has been on the increase and is reported to affect some 32% of adults, increasing with age. This environment is conducive to tribocorrosion and the potential loss of materials from the implant surfaces and interfaces with prosthetic components. Although several fretting corrosion studies have been reported, until now, there has been no study that simulates clinically relevant micromotion. Our new novel micro-fretting corrosion test system simulates clinical conditions by measuring 5um motion between the implant-abutment interface. We simulated 4 conditions in an oral environment by varying the contact load (83N, 233N) and pH levels (6.5, 3). The commonly used dental implant fixture material Grade IV titanium, Zirconia abutment material, and artificial saliva representing the oral environment were used. A standard tribocorrosion protocol was followed, and the following data were measured as described: 1. Mechanical data: Energy ratio 2. Electrochemical data: OCP, EIS 3. Surface analysis: 3D profilometry, Surface Roughness, Wear Volume, SEM, EDS 4. The weight loss: Metal ion leaching (ICP-MS) The effect of pH was seen more in the Ti4-Ti4 group. The effect of the load was seen more in the Zr-Ti4 group. Hence, Ti4 -Ti4 showed the most corrosive behavior, whereas Zr-Ti4 showed the most mechanical wear loss.
Why We Should Not Cut Off the King's Head
Creators: name: Engelkamp, Stephan
Publisher: name: Asien
Year: 2022

description: The idea of the sovereign state has often been theorized as a set of practices that evolved as a specifically European solution to the problem of difference. In order to further "provincialize" this perspective, my paper proposes to approach the topic through insights drawn from Governmentality Studies and from Social Anthropology. Doing this brings into view different notions of the state as embedded in a "moral grammar" that comprises both the social and the cosmological. Drawing on the work of Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben, the paper develops a theoretical framework that conceptualizes practices of governmentality in terms of contending valorizations of exchange systems. Hence, the state is incorporated into a totality of transactions that is concerned with the reproduction of the social and cosmic order and that transcends the traditional domain of secular politics. How these narratives are structured by ritual practices and embedded in a particular sociocosmological order is illustrated through a case study presented on the transformation of ritual politics in Thailand.
description: Asien, Nr. 135 (2015): ASIEN (April)
Association between Perfluoroalkyl substances and thyroid stimulating hormone among pregnant women: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Starling, Anne P
name: Longnecker, Matthew P
name: Thomsen, Cathrine
name: Eggesbo, Merete
name: King, Debra
name: Travlos, Gregory
name: Wang, Yan
name: Hoppin, Jane A
name: Rogan, Walter J
name: Becher, Georg
name: Haug, Line S
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: BackgroundPerfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a group of highly persistent chemicals that are widespread contaminants in wildlife and humans. Exposure to PFAS affects thyroid homeostasis in experimental animals and possibly in humans. The objective of this study was to examine the association between plasma concentrations of PFASs and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) among pregnant women.MethodsA total of 903 pregnant women who enrolled in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study from 2003 to 2004 were studied. Concentrations of thirteen PFASs and TSH were measured in plasma samples collected around the 18th week of gestation. Linear regression models were used to evaluate associations between PFASs and TSH.ResultsAmong the thirteen PFASs, seven were detected in more than 60% of samples and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) had the highest concentrations (median, 12.8ng/mL; inter-quartile range [IQR], 10.1 -16.5ng/mL). The median TSH concentration was 3.5 (IQR, 2.4 - 4.8) μIU/mL. Pregnant women with higher PFOS had higher TSH levels. After adjustment, with each 1ng/mL increase in PFOS concentration, there was a 0.8% (95% confidence interval: 0.1%, 1.6%) rise in TSH. The odds ratio of having an abnormally high TSH, however, was not increased, and other PFASs were unrelated to TSH.ConclusionsOur results suggest an association between PFOS and TSH in pregnant women that is small and may be of no clinical significance.
Arrenurus (Brevicaudaturus) laticodulus Piersig 1898
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Bordoloi, Sabitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Arrenuridae
Arrenurus
Arrenurus laticodulus

description: Arrenurus (Brevicaudaturus) laticodulus Piersig, 1898
Records from the study area: Karnataka—Cook (1967); Maharashtra—Cook (1967), Lundblad (1969); Kerala—“ Arrenurus mammiferus ” Nayar (1969b); Prasad (1974); Smit & Pešić (2008).
Habitat: Ponds.
Distribution: India, Burma, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, Brunei, Madagascar, Bismarck Archipelego, China.
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 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2617.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/197964
Autism spectrum disorder, flea and tick medication, and adjustments for exposure misclassification: the CHARGE (CHildhood Autism Risks from Genetics and Environment) case–control study
Creators: name: Daniels, Julie L
name: Keil, Alexander P
name: Hertz-Picciotto, Irva
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BackgroundThe environmental contribution to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is largely unknown, but household pesticides are receiving increased attention. We examined associations between ASD and maternally-reported use of imidacloprid, a common flea and tick treatment for pets.MethodsBayesian logistic models were used to estimate the association between ASD and imidacloprid and to correct for potential differential exposure misclassification due to recall in a case control study of ASD.ResultsOur analytic dataset included complete information for 262 typically developing controls and 407 children with ASD. Compared with exposure among controls, the odds of prenatal imidacloprid exposure among children with ASD were slightly higher, with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.3 (95% Credible Interval [CrI] 0.78, 2.2). A susceptibility window analysis yielded higher ORs for exposures during pregnancy than for early life exposures, whereas limiting to frequent users of imidacloprid, the OR increased to 2.0 (95% CI 1.0, 3.9).ConclusionsWithin plausible estimates of sensitivity and specificity, the association could result from exposure misclassification alone. The association between imidacloprid exposure and ASD warrants further investigation, and this work highlights the need for validation studies regarding prenatal exposures in ASD.
An Obstacle Problem and its Relation to the Complex Monge-Ampere Equation
Creators: name: Xu, Jinhua
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In [Don07], S. K. Donaldson discussed the three equivalent formulations of the same PDE problem associated to a compact Riemannian manifold X, assuming suitable regularity for the solutions. One of these is the following: Given positive smooth functions ϕ 0 , ϕ 1 , with 1 − ∆ X ϕ i > 0 where ∆ X is the Riemannian Laplacian on X, define a function L on X × R by L(x, y) = max( ϕ 0 (x) − ϕ 1 (x) + y, 0). We seek a C 1 function U(x, y) on X × R with U ≥ L everywhere and satisfying the equation ∆ ϵ U : = −ϵ∂ y 2 U + ∆ X U = ∆ X ϕ 0 − 1 on the open set Ω where U > L. We use the sign convention for ∆ X so when ϵ = 1 our ∆ ϵ is the standard Laplace operator on X × R. In this paper we will cast this problem in a variational setting and use this to give a proof of existence and uniqueness of the solutions to this equation. Under the assumption that the contact set { u = L } has two disjoint components Γ 0 := { u = 0 } and Γ 1 := { u = ϕ 0 (x) − ϕ 1 (x) + y } , we prove that the solution to this equation is C loc 1,1 .
Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) bicornicodulus Piersig 1906
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Bordoloi, Sabitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Arrenuridae
Arrenurus
Arrenurus bicornicodulus

description: Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) bicornicodulus Piersig, 1906
Records from the study area: Kerala—Walter (1928); Karnataka—Cook (1967); West Bengal—Lundblad (1969); Prasad (1974); Smit & Pešić (2008).
Habitat: Ponds.
Distribution: India, Burma, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Malaya, Singapore, China.
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 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2617.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/197964
Surviving the Concrete Jungle: Indigenous Children in the Brazilian Amazon (1860-1910)
Creators: name: Morais Soares, Ana Luiza
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Taking Manaus as a focal point of analysis, this dissertation intersects legal studies with anthropology of childhood and a history of child labor conditions to build a historical analysis of forms of inequality and racialized labor practices. Drawing from Brazilian legislation, I assert that orphanhood status involved more than a situation of abandonment and destitution, but rather of women’s incomplete citizenship status and racialized ableist discourse to define who, where, and how children and some adults would be working. The distribution of free workers under the umbrella of orphanhood had strong ties with Brazilian slavocracy, paternalism, and patrimonialism following the logics of relational power often orchestrated by the Orphans Judges. Indigenous peoples were not considered Brazilian citizens unless they lost their Indianness and abode to the standard of “civilization,” becoming “useful” to the Nation. Brazilian indigenist laws vaguely defined Indigenous people’s legal standing based on the differentiation between “wild” and “civilized Indians.” The latter status depended on subjective evaluations of the fulfillment of civilization markers, subjugation, and loss of Indianness, which I argue made citizenship fought over in a case-by-case manner. This situation ended up creating a permanent position of Indigenous people as “becomings” and never as full citizens in the nineteenth century Brazil, in which, in practice, even the fulfillment of the “marks of civilization” would not prevent their abuse like child separation, forced conscription to work regimes, and denial of rights. This vague Indigenous people’s legal standing and the broad definition of orphanhood opened a discursive space around the “problem of orphanhood,” which targeted Indigenous, Black, and mixed-race children as “at risk” under the guardianship of their Black and brown parents and “a risk” to the future of the recently inaugurated Brazilian nation requiring fast, early, and arbitrary intervention to insert them in a Western labor routine and strict discipline to avoid future idleness and poverty. My research takes historical evidence and considers it anthropologically, contributing to contemporary conversations and theoretical developments in cultural anthropology and Latin American history.
Construction of an environmental quality index for public health research
Creators: name: Lobdell, Danelle T
name: Messer, Lynne C
name: Rappazzo, Kristen M
name: Jagai, Jyotsna S
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: BackgroundA more comprehensive estimate of environmental quality would improve our understanding of the relationship between environmental conditions and human health. An environmental quality index (EQI) for all counties in the U.S. was developed.MethodsThe EQI was developed in four parts: domain identification; data source acquisition; variable construction; and data reduction. Five environmental domains (air, water, land, built and sociodemographic) were recognized. Within each domain, data sources were identified; each was temporally (years 2000–2005) and geographically (county) restricted. Variables were constructed for each domain and assessed for missingness, collinearity, and normality. Domain-specific data reduction was accomplished using principal components analysis (PCA), resulting in domain-specific indices. Domain-specific indices were then combined into an overall EQI using PCA. In each PCA procedure, the first principal component was retained. Both domain-specific indices and overall EQI were stratified by four rural–urban continuum codes (RUCC). Higher values for each index were set to correspond to areas with poorer environmental quality.ResultsConcentrations of included variables differed across rural–urban strata, as did within-domain variable loadings, and domain index loadings for the EQI. In general, higher values of the air and sociodemographic indices were found in the more metropolitan areas and the most thinly populated areas have the lowest values of each of the domain indices. The less-urbanized counties (RUCC 3) demonstrated the greatest heterogeneity and range of EQI scores (−4.76, 3.57) while the thinly populated strata (RUCC 4) contained counties with the most positive scores (EQI score ranges from −5.86, 2.52).ConclusionThe EQI holds promise for improving our characterization of the overall environment for public health. The EQI describes the non-residential ambient county-level conditions to which residents are exposed and domain-specific EQI loadings indicate which of the environmental domains account for the largest portion of the variability in the EQI environment. The EQI was constructed for all counties in the United States, incorporating a variety of data to provide a broad picture of environmental conditions. We undertook a reproducible approach that primarily utilized publically-available data sources.
1 SURAT TUGAS PEMBICARA AKSARA CLASS DR IR LUKMAN YUDHO PRAKOSO.pdf
Creators: name: Prakoso, Lukman
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: sebagai Pembicara dalam acara WorkShop Online Program Cinta Negeri Menyambut HUT TNI KE-77: Menerbitkan Berbagai jenis E-Book Ber-ISBN, Pada Hari Minggu 11, 18 dan 25 September 2022,
Duality and invariants of representations of fundamental groups of 3-manifolds into PGL(3,C)
Creators: name: Falbel, Elisha
name: Wang, Qingxue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We determine the explicit transformation under duality of generic configurations of four flags in $\PGL(3,\bC)$ in cross-ratio coordinates. As an application we prove invariance under duality of an invariant in the Bloch group obtained from decorated triangulations of 3-manifolds.
description: Revised version, 29 pages,4 figures
Applications of integrated optical microcombs
Creators: name: Sun, Yang
name: Wu, Jiayang
name: Tan, Mengxi
name: Xu, Xingyuan
name: Li, Yang
name: Morandotti, Roberto
name: Mitchell, Arnan
name: Moss, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optical microcombs represent a new paradigm for generating laser frequency combs based on compact chip-scale devices, which have underpinned many modern technological advances for both fundamental science and industrial applications. Along with the surge in activity related to optical micro-combs in the past decade, their applications have also experienced rapid progress, not only in traditional fields such as frequency synthesis, signal processing, and optical communications, but also in new interdisciplinary fields spanning the frontiers of light detection and ranging (LiDAR), astronomical detection, neuromorphic computing, and quantum optics. This paper reviews the applications of optical microcombs. First, an overview of the devices and methods for generating optical microcombs is provided, which are categorized into material platforms, device architectures, soliton classes, and driving mechanisms. Second, the broad applications of optical microcombs are systematically reviewed, which are categorized into microwave photonics, optical communications, precision measurements, neuromorphic computing, and quantum optics. Finally, the current challenges and future perspectives are discussed.
description: 120 pages, 27 figures, 357 references
Development and Analysis of a Block-Preconditioner for the Phase-Field Crystal Equation
Creators: name: Praetorius, Simon
name: Voigt, Axel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: F.2.1; G.1.0; G.1.3; G.1.8
subject: 65F08, 65F10, 65N22, 65Y05, 65Z05, 82C21, 82D25

description: We develop a preconditioner for the linear system arising from a finite element discretization of the Phase Field Crystal (PFC) equation. The PFC model serves as an atomic description of crystalline materials on diffusive time scales and thus offers the opportunity to study long time behaviour of materials with atomic details. This requires adaptive time stepping and efficient time discretization schemes, for which we use an embedded Rosenbrock scheme. To resolve spatial scales of practical relevance, parallel algorithms are also required, which scale to large numbers of processors. The developed preconditioner provides such a tool. It is based on an approximate factorization of the system matrix and can be implemented efficiently. The preconditioner is analyzed in detail and shown to speed up the computation drastically.
Geometry, quantum correlations, and phase transitions in the $Λ$-atomic configuration
Creators: name: Castaños, O.
name: Cordero, S.
name: López-Peña, R.
name: Nahmad-Achar, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum phase diagram for a finite $3$-level system in the $Λ$ configuration, interacting with a two-mode electromagnetic field in a cavity, is determined by means of information measures such as fidelity, fidelity susceptibility and entanglement, applied to the reduced density matrix of the matter sector of the system. The quantum phases are explained by emphasizing the spontaneous symmetry breaking along the separatrix. Additionally, a description of the reduced density matrix of one atom in terms of a simplex allows a geometric representation of the entanglement and purity properties of the system. These concepts are calculated for both, the symmetry-adapted variational coherent states and the numerical diagonalisation of the Hamiltonian, and compared. The differences in purity and entanglement obtained in both calculations can be explained and visualised by means of this simplex representation.
description: 20 pages, 7 figures
Cardiovascular disease and arsenic exposure in Inner Mongolia, China: a case control study
Creators: name: Wu, Kegong
name: Sanders, William E
name: Mumford, Judy
name: Sams, Elizabeth
name: Wade, Timothy J
name: Xia, Yajuan
name: Le, X Chris
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: BackgroundMillions of people are at risk from the adverse effects of arsenic exposure through drinking water. Increasingly, non-cancer effects such as cardiovascular disease have been associated with drinking water arsenic exposures. However, most studies have been conducted in highly exposed populations and lacked individual measurements.ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between cardiovascular disease and well-water arsenic exposure.MethodsWe conducted a hospital based case control study in Inner Mongolia, China. Cases and controls were prospectively identified and enrolled from a large hospital in the Hangjin Hou area. Cases were patients diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and controls were patients free from cardiovascular disease, admitted for conditions unrelated to arsenic exposure. Water from the primary water source and toenail samples were collected from each subject and tested for inorganic arsenic.ResultsArsenic exposures were moderate with mean and median arsenic exposures of 8.9μg/L and 13.1μg/L, respectively. A total of 298 cases and 275 controls were enrolled. The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI) for a 10μg/L increase in water arsenic were 1.19 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.38). Compared to exposures less than 10μg/L, the AOR for water arsenic exposures above 40μg/L was 4.05 (95% CI: 1.1-14.99, p = 0.04). Nail arsenic above 1.38μg/g was also associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.ConclusionsBy using standardized case definitions and collecting individual measurements of arsenic, this study addressed several limitations of previous studies. The results provide further evidence of the association between cardiovascular disease and arsenic at moderate exposures.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12940-015-0022-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) ceylonicus Daday 1898
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Bordoloi, Sabitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Arrenuridae
Arrenurus
Arrenurus ceylonicus

description: Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) ceylonicus Daday, 1898
New records: India, Assam State, Kamrup district, SW of Guwahati city, Deeper Beel wetland, between the water hyacinth Eichhornia corniculata, 26.10903N 91.68359E, 37 m asl., 8. xii. 2009, leg. Das & Bordoloi, 13/0/0.
Records from the study area: Kerala—“ Arrenurus belaniensis “ Walter (1928); Karnataka—Cook (1967); West Bengal—Lundblad (1969); Smit & Pešić (2008).
Habitat: Ponds, lakes.
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaya, Brunei.
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 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2617.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/197964
Chemical modulation of alveolar epithelial permeability
Creators: name: Gatzy, J T
name: Stutts, M J
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1980

description: The volume and composition of fluid on the surface of the alveoli can affect alveolar ventilation, gas diffusion, and macrophage function. The passive permeability and active processes of the alveolar epithelial lining play a role in regulating surface fluid and are a potential site of damage by airborne chemicals. Like other epithelial barriers, the alveolar lining is permeable to lipophilic substances but restricts the transmural flow of small ions and hydrophilic nonelectrolytes (equivalent pore radius ca. 0.5-1.5 nm). The mammalian fetal lung and alveolar sacs of the adult bullfrog secrete Cl- and K+ into the airspace. Secretion by the fetal lung ceases at birth. Many environmental agents increase the permeability of the capillary endothelium and/or respiratory epithelium and induce pulmonary edema. Studies with bullfrog alveolar sacs have demonstrated that selective effects may or may not be followed by general derangement of the epithelial barrier. Exposure of the luminal surface to HgCl2 (10(-6) to 10(-4) M) induces a selective increase in Cl- secretion that is followed by a fall in transport and a general increase in ion permeation. CdCl2 (10(-5) to 10(-3) M) depresses ciliomotion on cells on the trabecula of the alveolus but does not affect Cl- secretion or transepithelial conductance. HNO3, like other mineral acids, increases conductance and the radii or pores in the barrier, whereas NaNO3 selectively inhibits Cl- secretion. Amphotericin B(10(7) to 10(-5) MJ) induces K+ secretion into the lumen of both bullfrog and rat lung. We conclude that environmental agents induce changes in epithelial function that may compromise the lung's ability to regulate respiratory fluid without destroying the characteristic permeability of the epithelial lining.
Tweaking the Moral Temperature: The Moralization and Demoralization of Social Issues
Creators: name: Teas, Paul E
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: How do people come to perceive their attitudes as more or less tied to morality? Most research on how attitudes change between domains (preference, norms/conventions, and morality) has examined how attitudes become moralized. Because moral attitudes can have social costs, however, it may be equally important to explore the processes by which attitudes become less moralized or demoralized. The present research examined how people might moralize their attitude about male circumcision (an attitude generally perceived in the United States as a matter of norms or preference) and demoralize their attitude about female circumcision (an attitude generally perceived in the United States as a moral issue), in two convenience samples of American adults (Study 1, N = 757, Study 2 N = 637). Exposing participants to factual messages about the harm and negative effects on sexual functioning of male circumcision predicted stronger moralized opposition to the practice through stronger negative emotions, perceptions of harm, and perceptions of male circumcision as a violation of autonomy. In contrast, exposing participants to factual messages about the lack of harm or negative effects on sexual functioning of female circumcision predicted weaker moralized opposition to the practice through weaker negative emotions, perceptions of harm, and perceptions of female circumcision as an autonomy violation. Implications of these results for theories of morality and (de)moralization are discussed.
Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) constrictus Lundblad 1969
Creators: name: Pešić, Vladimir
name: Chatterjee, Tapas
name: Bordoloi, Sabitry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Arrenuridae
Arrenurus
Arrenurus constrictus

description: Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) constrictus Lundblad, 1969
Records from the study area: West Bengal—Lundblad (1969); Smit & Pešić (2008).
Habitat: Ponds.
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 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2617.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/197964
Appointment Adherence Following General Anesthesia In High-Risk Pediatric Dental Patients
Creators: name: Ogbanga, Ibifuro O
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate post-operative follow-up appointment adherence following general anesthesia (GA) and its association with returning for preventive recall visits within 12 months . Methods: This retrospective chart review included all children (ASA I or II) who had GA completed Sep 1, 2020-Feb 28, 2021 in a post-graduate university-based surgical center. Demographics, post-operative follow-up adherence, and dental care received from the same clinic within 12 months following GA was collected. If patients returned, data were collected on caries recurrence and whether visits were preventive vs. emergency. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis (Chi-Square test) were used. Results: 256 children with a mean age of 4.8 years (SD 1.3) at the time of GA met inclusion criteria. One hundred and ninety-eight patients (77%) attended post-operative follow-up visits (mean=14.15 days after GA); 138 patients in this subgroup never returned for a subsequent recall visit. Among the total sample, 69 patients (27%) attended a preventive visit and 11 (4%) had an emergency appointment within 12 months. There was a significant association between attending a follow-up visit and receiving subsequent preventive care (P=.026). Conclusions: The majority of patients adhered with the post-operative follow-up visit, but most did not return within 12 months for preventive care. Families may deem GA as curative and undervalue the need for subsequent preventive care or may utilize GA for tertiary care and return to a community provider
Alonso, Severino Maria, C. M. P., EI Cristianismo como mistério. Ed. Secretariado Trinitario. Vol. de 276 ps. 120x190. Salamanca 1971
Creators: name: Faria, Manuel Ferreira De
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1973

description: Theologica, v. 8 n. 2 (1973)
Assessment of marine diesel engine crankshaft damages
Creators: name: Kutay, Şevki
name: Kamal, Bunyamin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The failure of the main engine's crankshaft in service on a large ocean-going cargo ship is a major operational and mechanical calamity. Despite the fact that crankshaft damage is rare, it is quite costly. Given the financial implications for shipowners and hull and machinery (H&M) insurance companies, it is crucial to identify the causal factors of the crankshaft damage to prevent reoccurrence. Hence, this paper models the causal mechanism of crankshaft failure. For this goal, this research investigates the probabilistic relationships among the crankshaft failure causal factors which are unveiled qualitatively and quantitatively employing the Fuzzy Bayes Network (FBN) approach. Axiom tests and sensitivity analysis afterward are performed to enhance the accuracy of outcomes. It is found that vessel personnel sourced fault has the highest effect on the explanation of crankshaft damage occurrence.
Berti, Cornado M., Preghiera Eucarística Penitenziale nella luce Bíblica e Patrística. Ed. «Manianum». Vol. de 63 ps. 173x245. Roma 1971
Creators: name: Santos, Alexandrino Fernandes Dos
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1973

description: Theologica, v. 8 n. 2 (1973)
Selective Removal Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PCA's) From Mineral Oils
Creators: name: Uuandulu, Festus
Publisher: name: London South Bank University
Year: 1980

description: A consideration of the term ‘Aromaticity! and its significance in mineral oils is presented. Current methods for reducing the aromaticity of mineral oils is reviewed and possible methods of improved refining suggested, A specific analytical method for estimating the extent of PCA reduction in mineral oils was developed and used in the assessment of batch and continuous Solvent extraction techniques. Five different extraction solvents were assessed namely; f'-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), Dimethyl formamide (OMF), Dimethyl sulphoxide (OSC), Sulpholane and Furfural, using a "model! hydrocarton composition mixture and commercial dewaxed base luboil. The assessment Was continued: with the same solvents but improved by a modification which incorporated maleic anhydride as a complexing agent, Subsequent investigation show that the solvent feed .Make-up,. can be recovered in a usable form with the minimum of - The experimental results obtained from this work @howed that the order of .solvent effectiveness to PCA removal generally depended on the aromaticity of the oil but that -and NiP and OMS0 were most effective, while furfural volume sulpholane were least effective, considerably less oil of NMp was required to produce a specific raffinate as compared with other solvents but its overall other performance was found to be reduced when combined with found solvents, The addition of water to solvents was Was considerably to increase the raffinate yield but the PCA removal reduced, Taffinate Significant improvements in both PCA removal and with yield were effected by modifying the solvent can a complexing agent (M4). Modified solvent approach technically, therefore be seen to be of considerable interest extraction further work with continuous multistage same improvements.