cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Supplementary Material from Horizontal and vertical species turnover in tropical birds in habitats with differing land use
Creators: name: Rachakonda Sreekar
name: Corlett, Richard
name: Salindra Dayananda
name: Uromi Manage Goodale
name: Kilpatrick, Adam
name: Sarath W. Kotagama
name: Koh, Lian Pin
name: Eben Goodale
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental Science
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Large tracts of tropical rainforests are being converted into intensive agricultural lands. Such anthropogenic disturbances are known to reduce species turnover across horizontal distances. But it is not known if they can also reduce species turnover across vertical distances (elevation), which have steeper climatic differences. We measured turnover in birds across horizontal and vertical sampling transects in three land-use types of Sri Lanka: protected forest, reserve buffer and intensive-agriculture, from 90 to 2100 m a.s.l. Bird turnover rates across horizontal distances were similar across all habitats, and much less than vertical turnover rates. Vertical turnover rates were not similar across habitats. Forest had higher turnover rates than the other two habitats for all bird species. Buffer and intensive-agriculture had similar turnover rates, even though buffer habitats were situated at the forest edge. Therefore, our results demonstrate the crucial importance of conserving primary forest across the full elevational range available.
Primary peritoneal and ovarian cancers: an epidemiological comparative analysis
Creators: name: Bentley, Rex C.
name: Moorman, Patricia G.
name: Schildkraut, Joellen M.
name: Palmieri, Rachel T.
name: Akushevich, Lucy
name: Grant, Delores J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: We performed case–control analyses using data from the North Carolina Ovarian Cancer Study to determine risk factors that distinguish primary peritoneal cancer (PPC) from epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Our risk factor analyses were restricted to invasive serous cancers including 495 EOC cases, 62 PPC cases and 1,086 control women. Logistic regression analyses were used to calculate adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for risk factor associations. Although many case–control associations for the invasive serous PPC cases were similar to those of the invasive serous EOC cases, some differences were observed including a twofold increase in risk of invasive serous PPC in women who were ≥35years at last pregnancy, whereas a decreased risk was observed for invasive serous EOC risk. We could not confirm a previous report of an association between tubal ligation and PPC, a factor consistently associated with a decreased risk of EOC. The difference in the risk factor associations between invasive serous PPC and EOC cancers suggests divergent molecular development of peritoneal and ovarian cancers. A larger study to determine risk factors for invasive serous PPC is warranted.
Brand faithfulness and economic crisis. Brand and quality are important but price counts for more
Creators: name: Viviani, Debora
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: consumer faithfulness; brand faithfulness.

description: This essay aims to analyze the relationship between brand faithfulness and the economic crisis, assessing whether there have been changes in the way people follow brands caused by the difficulties consumers find themselves faced with today. More specifically, it will attempt to answer the following questions: over the threeyear period 2009-2011,
- have brands maintained their importance as a factor when purchasing consumer goods?
- have consumers stayed faithful to the brands they always purchased before?
- have the consumers stayed faithful to the brands with regard to the various retail sectors?
These questions take their place within a much broader setting which we will analyze in order to determine whether brand faithfulness is weaker now than before.
Our reflections will then focus on the main point of this essay. After analyzing which factors have the greatest influence on the choice of products – with the aim of determining the level of importance of the role brand plays – we will take a closer look at brand faithfulness in the consumers interviewed. Our aim in doing so is to determine whether the individuals interviewed are change-oriented or prefer not to change their choices of products and brands. This will allow us to understand whether brand plays a crucial role in consumption
dynamics, pushing consumers towards change, or whether, on the contrary, habit, being sure of what one is buying, is what really counts.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 2, No 3 (2012)
Race moderates the relationship between obesity and colorectal cancer screening in women
Creators: name: Campbell, Marci K.
name: Leone, Lucia A.
name: Michael Bowling, J.
name: Pignone, Michael P.
name: Satia, Jessie A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: To determine if the relationship between obesity and usage of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in women varies when stratifying by race.
Work and spending habits: an exploration inside the “social issues” of crisis
Creators: name: Gosetti, Giorgio
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: work; spending habits; crisis

description: The main subject of the article is the effect produced by the recent crisis on employment conditions within families and their spending habits; this topic is analyzed starting from the figures published by the University of Verona’s Observatory on Family Consumption, that takes an annual survey on a sample of
individuals around Italy. According to the interpretation of the interviewees, the effects the crisis has induced on their family employment condition and spending habits are contextualized within some “social issues” on the national scene for some time, aggravated by the crisis: wage issue, poverty issue, inequality issue.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 2, No 3 (2012)
Theory of Field-Angle-Resolved Magnetoacoustic Resonance in Spin-Triplet Systems for Application to Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond
Creators: name: Koga, Mikito
name: Matsumoto, Masashige
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recent studies of acoustically driven electron spin resonance applied to diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, we investigate the interaction of an electronic spin-triplet state with periodically time-dependent oscillating strain fields. On the basis of a lowest-lying two-level system, we show the importance of two-phonon transition probabilities controlled by rotating an applied magnetic field using the Floquet theory. In particular, we demonstrate how to evaluate coupling-strength parameters in the spin--strain interaction for the $C_{3v}$ point group considering the NV spin states. The level splitting of spin states can be adjusted by changing the field directions relative to the NV axis to obtain lower phonon resonance frequencies suitable for practical applications. Focusing on a field-rotation angle for the vanishment of a longitudinal phonon-mediated transition, we show that the magnetoacoustic resonance presented here provides useful information as a new probe of unquantified spin--strain couplings possessed by NV defects.
description: 12 pages, 11 figures
Economic crisis and well-being in Italy
Creators: name: Stanzani, Sandro
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: health; well-being; economic crisis.

description: Literature about the consequences of economic crisis on people’s well-being has highlighted some statistical connections. In particular, researchers agree on the fact that economic crises bring an increase in suicides, states of psychological depression, and abuse of alcohol along with them. This work deals with the
issue of human impact of economic crisis, and, through a panel of data concerning Italian population, it searches for any possible connection with less critical but anyway significant phenomena, such as the general state of well-being and subjectively perceived health.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 2, No 3 (2012)
Worry about the economic situation of the family in Italy: input from surveys conducted by the Observatory on Family Consumption Strategies
Creators: name: Tronca, Luigi
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: family; economic crisis

description: This paper addresses the issue of worry about the future economic situation of the family by analysing
data collected in 2009, 2010 and 2011 from samples of individuals resident in Italy by the Osservatorio sulle Strategie di Consumo delle Famiglie (Observatory on Family Consumption Strategies). After providing a theoretical overview of the object of study, I will attempt to establish whether the number of subjects who are worried about their family’s future economic situation increased between 2009 and 2011. After observing this rise, I will explore whether it has had more impact on those who have fewer available resources. The data analysis highlights that the increase in the sense of worry about future economic wellbeing is now actually more uniform with regard to the attributive qualities of individuals, tending to
become a constant feature of their behavioural tendencies
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 2, No 3 (2012)
Characterization of the climate hazards, exposure, vulnerability and health risks in Loreto and Junin regions
Creators: name: Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 410103
subject: Human impacts of climate change and human adaptation

description: This report characterizes the climate hazards, exposure, vulnerability and health risks in Loreto and Junin regions, emphasising Indigenous populations. The sources are policy mapping (28 policy reports, 3 peer review papers, and 2 internal documents, semi-structured interviews (27 participants of the official health systems and 17 of the Indigenous health system), and cross-sectional surveys (13 healthcare facilities). The methods were conducted in the framework of a research study aimed at informing efforts to enhance climate change resilience in a health context. The results are presented using a narrative synthesis and presenting quotes of the interviewers or literature revised.We found that the main climate risks in the regions studied were exceptional precipitations, cold waves, floodings, mudslides, strong winds, droughts, and landslides. The main individuals or assets exposed were children, older adults, women, Indigenous communities, rural and peri-urban populations, biodiversity, crops, livestock, health, education, house and transportation infrastructure. Vulnerabilities within the Amazon health system encompassed geographical, socioeconomic and environmental aspects. The climate-sensitive health risks identified were food insecurity, airborne diseases, water-borne diseases and water insecurity, adverse mental health outcomes, and direct injuries.
title: Cancer mimics in the tropics; a pictorial essay
Creators: name: Nganga, Edward
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Pelvis
subject: Peritoneum
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Biopsy
subject: Infection

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To describe clinical presentation and imaging findings of infectious diseases which can mimic cancer. To highlight key imaging findings which supports infectious over neoplastic process. To facilitate development of appropriate differential...
Race, healthcare access and physician trust among prostate cancer patients
Creators: name: Talcott, James A.
name: Carpenter, William R.
name: Galanko, Joseph A.
name: Jackman, Anne
name: Hamilton, Robert J.
name: Spain, Pamela
name: Do, Young Kyung
name: Clark, Jack A.
name: Godley, Paul A.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: To study the effect of healthcare access and other characteristics on physician trust among black and white prostate cancer patients.
Defining urban and rural regions by multifractal spectrums of urbanization
Creators: name: Chen, Yanguang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spatial pattern of urban-rural regional system is associated with the dynamic process of urbanization. How to characterize the urban-rural terrain using quantitative measurement is a difficult problem remaining to be solved. This paper is devoted to defining urban and rural regions using ideas from fractals. A basic postulate is that human geographical systems are of self-similar patterns associated with recursive processes. Then multifractal geometry can be employed to describe or define the urban and rural terrain with the level of urbanization. A space-filling index of urban-rural region based on the generalized correlation dimension is presented to reflect the degree of geo-spatial utilization in terms of urbanization. The census data of America and China are adopted to show how to make empirical analyses of urban-rural multifractals. This work is not so much a positive analysis as a normative study, but it proposes a new way of investigating urban and rural regional systems using fractal theory.
description: 21 pages, 4 figures, 6 tables
title: Pediatric ocular ultrasonography
Creators: name: Riestra Merchán, Claudia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Eyes
subject: Paediatric
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Education
subject: Congenital

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Ocular ultrasound is often used as a complementary technique in the examination of ocular pathology, especially in children, as it is an easy, cheap, non-invasive, accessible, and safe technique. Ocular US is particularly useful in cases in which...
Racial differences in PSA screening interval and stage at diagnosis
Creators: name: Howard, Daniel L.
name: Ross, Louie E.
name: Wobker, Sara E.
name: Godley, Paul A.
name: Carpenter, William R.
name: Taylor, Yhenneko J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: This study examined PSA screening interval of black and white men aged 65 or older and its association with prostate cancer stage at diagnosis.
title: Importance of PMCT to identify causes of death in subjects who died from accidents during scuba diving
Creators: name: Coppola, Marzia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Forensic / Necropsy studies
subject: CT
subject: Medico-legal issues
subject: Forensics

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: In recent years, post mortem computed tomography (PMCT) has acquired an important role as a complementary investigation to autopsy [1-5]. PMCT appears to be remarkably useful in investigations in case of underwater deaths with scuba diving (SCUBA),...
trans-Fatty acid consumption and its association with distal colorectal cancer in the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study II
Creators: name: Martin, Christopher F.
name: Satia, Jessie A.
name: Ibrahim, Joseph G.
name: Schroeder, Jane C.
name: Sandler, Robert S.
name: Millikan, Robert C.
name: Vinikoor, Lisa C.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: Recently, the potential health effects of trans-fatty acid consumption have raised concerns. A few studies have examined the risk of colorectal cancer with increasing consumption of trans-fatty acids, but none investigated the risk of rectal cancer, which may have different risk factors than colon cancer. Our objective was to explore the relationship between trans-fatty acid consumption and distal colorectal (sigmoid, rectosigmoid, and rectal) cancer using a case-control study of Whites (n=1516) and African Americans (n=392) in North Carolina from 2001–2006. Matched cases and controls were interviewed about demographic information, lifestyle factors, and diet. White cases reported higher mean consumption of trans-fatty acid than White controls, but mean consumption was similar for African American cases and controls. Relative to the lowest quartile, the highest quartiles of energy-adjusted trans-fatty acid consumption were positively associated with distal colorectal cancer for Whites [adjusted ORs for the third and fourth quartiles, respectively: 1.54 (95%CI: 1.12, 2.13) and 1.45 (95%CI: 1.04, 2.03)]. Consumption was not associated with distal colorectal cancer in African Americans [adjusted ORs for the third and fourth quartiles: 0.98 (95%CI: 0.47, 2.05) and 0.87 (95%CI 0.42, 1.81)]. In conclusion, high consumption of trans-fatty acids was positively associated with distal colorectal cancer among Whites.
A review of African American-white differences in risk factors for cancer: prostate cancer
Creators: name: Reiter, Paul L.
name: Backes, Danielle M.
name: McCullough, Lauren E.
name: Razzaghi, Hilda
name: Olshan, Andrew F.
name: Mordukhovich, Irina
name: O'Brien, Katie M.
name: Family, Leila
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: African American men have higher prostate cancer incidence rates than White men, for reasons not completely understood. This review summarizes the existing literature of race-specific associations between risk factors and prostate cancer in order to examine whether associations differ.
Theory of Spin-Acoustic Resonance for Spin-3/2 Si Vacancy with $C_{3v}$ Site Symmetry in Silicon Carbide
Creators: name: Koga, Mikito
name: Matsumoto, Masashige
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recent acoustically driven spin resonance studies applied to silicon vacancy centers in silicon carbide, we theoretically investigate the spin--strain interaction characterized by the defect spin-$3/2$ quadrupole components coupled to strain fields. Considering the $C_{3v}$ symmetry of the vacancy site beyond the spherical approximation, we clarify the effect of a deviation from the spherical symmetry on spin resonance transition rate, which can be changed by rotating a static magnetic field. The ratios of spin--strain coupling parameters can be evaluated from the anisotropic field-direction dependence of the transition rate using a standing or traveling surface acoustic wave. We also discuss the effect of the propagation direction of the acoustic wave tilted from the crystallographic mirror plane reflecting the $C_{3v}$ symmetry. The results presented here reveal the quadrupole properties inherent in spin-3/2 states and will promote the realization of the acoustically driven strain control of spin.
description: 9 pages, 16 figures
An examination of male and female odds ratios by BMI, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx in pooled data from 15 case–control studies
Creators: name: Wei, Qingyi
name: Dal Maso, Luigino
name: Wünsch-Filho, Victor
name: Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonilia
name: Purdue, Mark P.
name: Lissowska, Jolanta
name: Franceschi, Silvia
name: Levi, Fabio
name: Lubin, Jay H.
name: McClean, Michael
name: Castellsague, Xavier
name: Smith, Elaine
name: Curado, Maria Paula
name: Hayes, Richard B.
name: Menezes, Ana
name: Fernandez, Leticia
name: Sturgis, Erich M.
name: Lazarus, Philip
name: Muscat, Joshua
name: Olshan, Andrew F.
name: Schwartz, Stephen M.
name: Chen, Chu
name: Kelsey, Karl
name: Hashibe, Mia
name: Neto, Jose Eluf
name: Rudnai, Peter
name: Winn, Deborah M.
name: Rajkumar, Thangarajan
name: Koifman, Sergio
name: Gaudet, Mia M.
name: Zhang, Zuo Feng
name: Herrero, Rolando
name: Fabianova, Eleonora
name: Morgenstern, Hal
name: Talamini, Renato
name: Boffetta, Paolo
name: Mates, Dana
name: Matos, Elena
name: Shangina, Oxana
name: Daudt, Alexander W.
name: Vecchia, Carlo La
name: Brennan, Paul
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Greater tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption and lower body mass index (BMI) increase odds ratios (OR) for oral cavity, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancers; however, there are no comprehensive sex-specific comparisons of ORs for these factors.
title: Audit on the radiographers practice for CTPA performing in emergency department.
Creators: name: Miranda, Dulce
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Radiographers
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Audit and standards
subject: Health policy and practice
subject: Radiation safety
subject: Outcomes
subject: Quality assurance
subject: Workforce

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: ComputedTomography Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA) is a first line exam used to stratify the early risk of patients with Pulmonary embolism (PE) who is a common presentation to emergency department. The diagnosis of acute Pulmonary embolism (PE) is...
Getting cancer prevalence right: using state cancer registry data to estimate cancer survivors
Creators: name: Yeh, Wei Shi
name: Godley, Paul A.
name: Carpenter, William R.
name: Wobker, Sara E.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: Cancer incidence and mortality statistics provide limited insight regarding the cancer survivor population and its needs. Cancer prevalence statistics enumerate cancer survivors—those currently living with cancer. Commonly used limited-duration prevalence (LDP) methods yield biased estimates of the number of survivors. National estimates may not allow sufficient granularity to inform local survivorship programs. In this study, complete prevalence (CP) methods are applied to actual North Carolina Central Cancer Registry (NCCCR) data to generate better, more informative prevalence estimates than previous methods.
Performance evaluation of multiple particulate matter monitoring instruments under higher temperatures and relative humidity in Southeast Asia and design of an affordable monitoring instrument (ManPMS)
Creators: name: Thanh, Nam Duong
name: Thi, Hoa Tran
name: Quang, Trung Nguyen
name: Van, Huy Nguyen
name: Nguyen, Giang Hoang
name: Huu, Quyet Nguyen
name: Son, Tung Tran
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The rapid industrialization of nations in Southeast Asia (SEA) has led to a decline in these countries’ air quality, including high levels of particulate matter (PM). Monitoring these air pollutants is crucial to understanding the pollution status of the area and developing management plans for improvement. The metrological conditions in the region present challenges as high temperature and high humidity have been known to cause errors in the measurements. This study investigated the performance of five PM monitoring instruments with different working principles. The air temperature was mostly over 25 °C with relative humidity usually remaining above 80%, which is typical of SEA weather. Measurements from all instruments had good correlations with each other as their linear regressions yielded slopes of 1 ± 0.15 and R2 > 0.65. Moreover, this study found that depending on the chosen reference instrument, not all factors affect the devices equally. In particular, using Partisol as a reference, the PM2.5 concentration, air temperature, and relative humidity had less impact upon the relative bias level compared to using Leckel as a reference. In addition, the high cost of monitoring instruments also poses financial constraints on how many monitoring stations can be deployed. To tackle this issue, this study presents ManPMS whose design is based on that of the USEPA Title 40 Part 50 with slight modifications. The cost to manufacture and assemble the instrument was only 2/3 the price of a typical instrument with similar performance.
Constraints on the Bulk Lorentz Factors of GRB X-Ray Flares
Creators: name: Yi, Shuang-Xi
name: Wu, Xue-Feng
name: Wang, Fa-Yin
name: Dai, Zi-Gao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: X-ray flares were discovered in the afterglow phase of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) by the {\em Swift} satellite a decade ago and known as a canonical component in GRB X-ray afterglows. In this paper, we constrain the Lorentz factors of GRB X-ray flares using two different methods. For the first method, we estimate the lower limit on the bulk Lorentz factor with the flare duration and jet break time. In the second method, the upper limit on the Lorentz factor is derived by assuming that the X-ray flare jet has undergone saturated acceleration. We also re-estimate the initial Lorentz factor with GRB afterglow onsets, and find the coefficient of the theoretical Lorentz factor is 1.67 rather than the commonly used 2 for interstellar medium (ISM) and 1.44 for the wind case. We find that the correlation between the limited Lorentz factor and the isotropic radiation energy of X-ray flares in the ISM case is more consistent with that of prompt emission than the wind case in a statistical sense. For a comparison, the lower limit on Lorentz factor is statistically larger than the extrapolation from prompt bursts in the wind case. Our results indicate that X-ray flares and prompt bursts are produced by the same physical mechanism.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJ
title: Echo quantification of the gradient of narrowing of the vascular lumen in atherosclerotic stenoses of internal carotid arteries
Creators: name: Maksimova, Aleksandra
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Arteries / Aorta
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Vascular
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Arterial access
subject: Sclerosis
subject: Arteriosclerosis

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: At the present stage, the main strategy for the prevention of stroke includes the identification and examination of persons at high risk of stroke, which includes the patient's age, a history of cerebrovascular accidents, as well as hemodynamically...
Electronic Supplementary Material: Oldest skeleton of a plesiadapiform provides additional evidence for an exclusively arboreal radiation of stem primates in the Paleocene.
Creators: name: Chester, Stephen G. B.
name: Williamson, Thomas E.
name: Bloch, Jonathan I.
name: Silcox, Mary T.
name: Sargis, Eric J.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 40308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Materials and Methods, Geological Setting and Age, Figures S1-S4, Tables S1-S2
Prospects for improving the LHC W boson mass measurement with forward muons
Creators: name: Bozzi, Giuseppe
name: Citelli, Luca
name: Vesterinen, Mika
name: Vicini, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Measurements of the $W$ boson mass are planned by the ATLAS and CMS experiments, but for the time being, these may be unable to compete with the current world average precision of 15~MeV, due to uncertainties in the PDFs. We discuss the potential of a measurement by the LHCb experiment based on the charged lepton transverse momentum $p_T^{\ell}$ spectrum in $W \to μν$ decays. The unique forward acceptance of LHCb means that the PDF uncertainties would be anti-correlated with those of $p_T^{\ell}$ based measurements by ATLAS and CMS. We compute an average of ATLAS, CMS and LHCb measurements of $m_W$ from the $p_T^{\ell}$ distribution. Considering PDF uncertainties, this average is a factor of 1.3 more precise than an average of ATLAS and CMS alone. Despite the relatively low rate of $W$ production in LHCb, we estimate that with the Run-II dataset, a measurement could be performed with sufficient experimental precision to exploit this anti-correlation in PDF uncertainties. The modelling of the lepton-pair transverse momentum distribution in the neutral current Drell-Yan process could be a limiting factor of this measurement and will deserve further studies.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, submitted to EPJC
On the Specialisation of Gaussian Basis Sets for Core-Dependent Properties
Creators: name: Ireland, Robbie T.
name: McKemmish, Laura K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Despite the fact that most quantum chemistry basis sets are designed for accurately modelling valence chemistry, these general-purpose basis sets continue to be widely used to model core-dependent properties. Core-specialised basis sets are designed with specific features to accurately represent the behaviour of the core region. This design typically incorporates Gaussian primitives with higher exponents to capture core behaviour effectively, as well as some decontraction of basis functions to provide flexibility in describing the core electronic wave function. The highest Gaussian exponent and the degree of contraction for both $s$- and $p$-basis functions effectively characterise these design aspects.
 In this study, we compare the design and performance of general-purpose basis sets against several literature basis sets specifically designed for three core-dependent properties: J coupling constants, hyperfine coupling constants, and magnetic shielding constants (used for calculating chemical shifts). Our findings consistently demonstrate a significant reduction in error when employing core-specialised basis sets, often at a marginal increase in computational cost compared to the popular 6-31G** basis set. Notably, for expedient calculations of J coupling, hyperfine coupling and magnetic shielding constants, we recommend the use of the pcJ-1, EPR-II, and pcSseg-1, basis sets respectively. For higher accuracy, the pcJ-2, EPR-III, and pcSseg-2 basis sets are recommended.
Diet and the risk of head and neck cancer: a pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium
Creators: name: MacFarlane, Gary J.
name: Healy, Claire M.
name: Muscat, Joshua
name: Boffetta, Paolo
name: Boccia, Stefania
name: Vaughan, Thomas
name: Eluf-Neto, Jose
name: Levi, Fabio
name: Ferro, Gilles
name: Zaridze, David
name: Fernandez, Leticia
name: Franceschi, Silvia
name: Lagiou, Pagona
name: Kjaerheim, Kristina
name: Schantz, Stimson
name: Fabianova, Eleonora
name: Bosetti, Cristina
name: Mueller, Heiko
name: Cadoni, Gabriella
name: Matos, Elena
name: Benhamou, Simone
name: Heck, Julia E.
name: Maso, Luigino Dal
name: Merletti, Franco
name: Curado, Maria Paula
name: Mates, Dana
name: Thomson, Peter
name: Menezes, Ana
name: Chen, Chu
name: Jenab, Mazda
name: Lazarus, Philip
name: Kelsey, Karl
name: Matsuo, Keitaro
name: Purdue, Mark
name: Castellsague, Xavier
name: Znaor, Ariana
name: McClean, Michael D.
name: Talamini, Renato
name: Agudo, Antonio
name: Conway, David I.
name: Brennan, Paul
name: Brenner, Hermann
name: Holcatova, Ivana
name: Morgenstern, Hal
name: Chuang, Shu Chun
name: Herrero, Rolando
name: Hayes, Richard B.
name: Daudt, Alexander W.
name: Zhang, Zuo Feng
name: Schwartz, Stephen M.
name: Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonilla
name: Winn, Deborah M.
name: Vecchia, Carlo La
name: Koifman, Sergio
name: Hashibe, Mia
name: Ahrens, Wolfgang
name: Rudnai, Peter
name: Simonato, Lorenzo
name: Olshan, Andrew F.
name: Ramroth, Heribert
name: Yu, Guo Pei
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: We investigated the association between diet and head and neck cancer (HNC) risk using data from the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) Consortium. The INHANCE pooled data included 22 case-control studies with 14,520 cases and 22,737 controls. Center-specific quartiles among the controls were used for food groups and frequencies per week were used for single food items. A dietary pattern score combining high fruit and vegetable intake and low red meat intake, was created. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the dietary items on the risk of HNC were estimated with a two-stage random effects logistic regression model. An inverse association was observed for higher frequency intake of fruit (4th vs. 1st quartile OR=0.52, 95% CI=0.43–0.62, ptrend<0.01) and vegetables (OR=0.66, 95% CI=0.49–0.90, ptrend=0.01). Intake of red meat (OR=1.40, 95% CI=1.13–1.74, ptrend=0.13) and processed meat (OR=1.37, 95% CI=1.14–1.65, ptrend<0.01) were positively associated with HNC risk. Higher dietary pattern scores, reflecting high fruit/vegetable and low red meat intake, were associated with reduced HNC risk (per score increment OR=0.90, 95% CI=0.84–0.97).
title: Radiología DesTACada: a radiology educational Instagram profile in pandemic times
Creators: name: Aguado Linares, Pedro
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: eHealth
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Education
subject: eLearning
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Education and training

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: To analyze the impact on Instagram of the Radiologia Destacada (RD) educational project in its first 8 months. To teach medical students, radiology residents, specialists, technologists, and enthusiasts using case reports and diagnostic images with...
MPEC 2023-T233 : 2023 TA10
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 TA10

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Gratitude and desired pay for essential workers
Creators: name: Bridger, Emma
name: Lally, Harkeeret
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This registration includes materials, data and analysis files for two studies examining whether a social-cognitive model of appraisal predicts gratitude and remuneration towards workers deemed "essential" by the UK government during the Covid-19 response. It also contains the pre-registration for Study 2.
КОРЕИСТОЙ ЦЕРЕМОНИЯ И ОБЫЧАИ ВО ВРЕМЯ ДИНАСТИИ ЧОСОН
Creators: name: Yoqubov, Jaxongir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Брачные традиции и свадебные церемонии корейцев выражают национальную культуру, самобытность, наследие предков и образ жизни. Свадьба – это церемония, поднявшаяся до уровня ценности для представителей этого народа. Он воплощает в себе доброту, великодушие, терпимость и гостеприимство между людьми. В корейских свадебных обрядах рассказ о хороших качествах, добрых делах и примере ведущего свадьбы был особым уроком для молодежи, пришедшие на свадьбу услышали что-то новое и научились добрым делам. В этой статье подробно изучается и объясняется история корейских свадебных церемоний.
Electronic Supplementary Material: Oldest skeleton of a plesiadapiform provides evidence for an exclusively arboreal radiation of stem primates in the Paleocene
Creators: name: Chester, Stephen G. B.
name: Williamson, Thomas E.
name: Bloch, Jonathan I.
name: Silcox, Mary T.
name: Sargis, Eric J.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 40308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Materials and Methods, Geological Setting and Age, Figures S1-S4, Tables S1-S2
Anomalous superconducting proximity effect and coherent charge transport in semiconducting thin film with spin-orbit interaction
Creators: name: Burmistrova, A. V.
name: Devyatov, I. A.
name: Batov, I. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a microscopic theory of the superconducting proximity effect in a semiconducting thin film with spin-orbit interaction ($N_{SO}$) in an external magnetic field. We demonstrate that an effective 1D Hamiltonian which describes induced superconductivity in $N_{SO}$ in contact with a usual $s$-wave superconductor possesses not only spin-singlet induced superconducting order parameter term, as commonly adopted, but spin triplet order parameter term also. Using this new effective Hamiltonian we confirm previous results for a normal current across contacts of $N_{SO}$ with a normal metal and for a Josephson current with the same $N_{SO}$ with induced superconductivity, obtained previously in the framework of the phenomenological Hamiltonian without spin-triplet terms. However, a calculated current-phase relation across the transparent contact between $N_{SO}$ with induced superconductivity in magnetic field and usual $s$-wave superconductor differs significantly from previous results. We suggest the experiment which can confirm our theoretical predictions.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
Some people and personalities of organic chemistry: a teaching hook for mid-level university students
Creators: name: Mackey, Katrina
name: Mchugh, Martin
name: McGlacken, Gerard P.
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Organic chemistry often represents a key impasse for students during their third level science education. Both intrinsic and extrinsic factors contribute to perceived difficulties in learning the subject. Moreover, the teaching of multi-step organic synthesis at third level has well-documented challenges. At University College Cork (UCC), we have adopted a strategy to engage students at the mid to late degree stage using an innovative teaching hook, to inspire interest and engagement. The approach was taken to outline chronologically some of the seminal breakthroughs in synthesis, and organic chemistry more generally, from the 1950 s to a few of the current leaders of today. Importantly the focus is on the people, the circumstance and the stories surrounding them. As a relevance-based hooking strategy grounded in a storytelling pedagogy, the goal was to inform students of the potential in organic chemistry and thus spark their interest for the subsequent lectures. Over multiple interventions, feedback from students has been highly positive. We posit that the design framework behind the ‘The People and Personalities’ could be adapted to many disciplines in a similarly successful manner. Overall, this approach proved inspirational for students, and was a most timely intervention in their degree program.
Substrate-free layer-number identification of two-dimensional materials: A case of Mo$_{0.5}$W$_{0.5}$S$_2$ alloy
Creators: name: Qiao, Xiao-Fen
name: Li, Xiao-Li
name: Zhang, Xin
name: Shi, Wei
name: Wu, Jiang-Bin
name: Chen, Tao
name: Tan, Ping-Heng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Any of two or more two-dimensional (2D) materials with similar properties can be alloyed into a new layered material, namely, 2D alloy. Individual monolayer in 2D alloys are kept together by Van der Waals interactions. The property of multilayer alloys is a function of their layer number. Here, we studied the shear (C) and layer-breathing (LB) modes of Mo$_{0.5}$W$_{0.5}$S$_2$ alloy flakes and their link to the layer number of alloy flakes. The study reveals that the disorder effect is absent in the C and LB modes of 2D alloys, and the monatomic chain model can be used to estimate the frequencies of the C and LB modes. We demonstrated how to use the C and LB mode frequency to identify the layer number of alloy flakes deposited on different substrates. This technique is independent of the substrate, stoichiometry, monolayer thickness and complex refractive index of 2D materials, offering a robust and substrate-free approach for layer-number identification of 2D materials.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
title: Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis on Chest Computed Tomography
Creators: name: Topaloğlu, Ömer Faruk
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Lung
subject: Pulmonary vessels
subject: CT
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Education
subject: Connective tissue disorders
subject: Hypertension
subject: Inflammation

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To review the pulmonary involvement findings of systemic sclerosis. To demonstrate non-pulmonary signs of systemic sclerosis that can be seen on chest CT...
Advances in Reflexive Sociology: Theory, Agency and Dialogical Inquiry
Creators: name: Tsekeris, Charalambos
Publisher: name: QuiEdit
Year: 2015
Subjects: reflexivity; knowledge; agency

description: This theoretical essay seeks to comprehensively present and critically discuss the major advances in reflexive sociology, overtly promoting a kind of dialogical reflexivity. This mode of reflexivity claims to efficiently renounce the allegedly irreconcilable opposition between theory and agency, as well as to self-consciously challenge the frequent sociological dismissal of explanation and empirical reference. Hence, reflexive sociology ceases to be a monologic exhibition of epistemological power and tends to develop a more critical and collaborative character within the relational complexity of our contemporary social world.
description: Italian Sociological Review, Vol 2, No 2 (2012)
Genetic variants in IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-3, and adiponectin genes and colon cancer risk in African Americans and Whites
Creators: name: Worley, Kendra
name: Millikan, Robert
name: Hall, Ingrid J.
name: Vidal, Adriana
name: McDoom, Maya
name: Galanko, Joseph
name: Omofoye, Oluwaseun
name: Keku, Temitope O.
name: Hoyo, Catherine
name: Sandler, Robert S.
name: Oliver, Shannon
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Evaluating genetic susceptibility may clarify effects of known environmental factors and also identify individuals at high risk. We evaluated the association of four insulin-related pathway gene polymorphisms in insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) (CA)n repeat, insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-II) (rs680), insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) (rs2854744), and adiponectin (APM1 rs1501299) with colon cancer risk, as well as relationships with circulating IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-3, and C-peptide in a population-based study.
title: Important factors for implementing a clinical decision support system for radiology and the perceived importance of barriers and motivators for Belgian healthcare providers.
Creators: name: Claikens, Bart
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: CAD
subject: Decision analysis
subject: Economics

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Despite the vast amount of medical data and the expertise of healthcare providers for proper decision-making, unnecessary and inappropriate medical examinations still do occur. This often leads to unuseable examinations, which again impose the...
Colorful plane vortices and Chiral Symmetry Breaking in $SU(2)$ Lattice Gauge Theory
Creators: name: Nejad, Seyed Mohsen Hosseini
name: Faber, Manfried
name: Höllwieser, Roman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate plane vortices with color structure. The topological charge and gauge action of such colorful plane vortices are studied in the continuum and on the lattice. These configurations are vacuum to vacuum transitions changing the winding number between the two vacua, leading to a topological charge $Q=-1$ in the continuum. After growing temporal extent of these vortices, the lattice topological charge approaches $-1$ and the index theorem is fulfilled. We analyze the low lying modes of the overlap Dirac operator in the background of these colorful plane vortices and compare them with those of spherical vortices. They show characteristic properties for spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking.
description: 15 pages, 14 figures
title: Improving the rate of acknowledgement and turn-around time of radiology notification system (Quality improvement project).
Creators: name: Al mutairi, Arwa
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer applications
subject: PACS
subject: RIS
subject: Computer Applications-General
subject: Medico-legal issues
subject: Technical aspects
subject: Education and training
subject: Quality assurance
subject: Workforce

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Introduction: An electronic critical radiology result notification platform was implemented in the Medical Imaging Department in 2015 (Conserus Workflow Intelligence TM, Ver 2.0.2 formally of Mckesson cooperation, currently of Change healthcare) to...
title: IgG4 related disease: radiological findings of a multiorgan disorder
Creators: name: Lizarraga Oroz, Nahia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biliary Tract / Gallbladder
subject: Head and neck
subject: Pancreas
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Inflammation

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To review immunoglobulin G4 related disease (IgG4-RD). Analyse and illustrate the most representative manifestations in image through cases studied in our...