cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: The Effects of Retinoic Acids on the Angiogenic Growth Factors Produced by Solid Tumors
Creators: name: Burgess, Lynn C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: These studies investigated the effects of retinoic Acid (RA) on angiogenesis. Three human, neoplastic cell lines were used to examine angiogenic promotion and/or inhibition. The cell lines, U-373MG glioblastoma, DU-145 prostate carcinoma, and TCCSUP bladder transitional cell carcinoma, were treated with the following: all-trans, 9-cis, or 13-cis RA, at doses from 0.0001 to 100 μM. Hpoxia was used to assist the expression of the angiogenic phenotype. Conditioned media (CM) were prepared by growing the tumor cells in the presence of RA and hypoxia for 24 hours, and then the CM was transferred to bovine, capillary endothelial cells (EC) for 48 hours. The EC were counted for each CM and compared to controls. Multiplex, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (MRT-PCR) was used on tumor cell RNA to demonstrate that mRNA expression of several angiogenic growth factors was modified. Angiogenic proteins in the CM were identified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
The CM from the U-373 and DU-145 cells, but not the TCCSUP cells, treated with all-trans or 9-cis RA caused significant increases (Pcis RA did not increase EC proliferation.
MRT-PCR demonstrated that the tumor cells expressed vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), midkine, interleukin-8 (IL-8), thrombospondin (TSP), and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) mRNAs. Increases VEGF mRNA corresponded to increase EC proliferation. IL-8 mRNA increased at RA concentrations greater than 0.1 μM. Midkine mRNA concentrations were generally unaffected by RA treatments. ELISA demonstrated that VEGF was increased by all-trans RA, to a lesser degree by 9-cis, and even less by 13-cis. IL-8 protein secretion was inhibited by RA. The expression of TSP and LIF mRNAs was almost completely inhibited by hypoxia.
EC were grown with sodium heparin at 0, 10, 100, 500, or 1000 μg/ml in CM produced with DU-145 cells and 0.0001, 0.001, or 1 μM all-trans RA. Heparin increased EC proliferation at 10 μg ml and inhibited proliferation at higher concentrations.
Structure of Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy.
Creators: name: Matheson, Janet Mary
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Basically, a study of the structure of Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy involves an analysis of the point of view of both the author and the narrator, and hence of variations on the first-person narration that are found in this novel. Tristram Shandy is related wholly in the authorial and historical present, and the reader as well as the fictional characters is included in the narrator's discourses of Tristram's own world. Hence, one must apply a considerable degree of critical objectivity when examining the narrator's role in the novel. A second problem is the importance of the fictional world that Tristram is ostensibly concerned with – that is, his birth and upbringing within the social environment of Shandy Hall, because the process of Tristram's narration proceeds to usurp most of the novel, shouldering out events at Shandy Hall, which are left half-introduced, or unfinished, or barely hinted at, and we are left with a fairly complete portrait of Tristram Shandy, but not of his life at Shandy Hall. A third problem is that of the inherent structure of the novel, which necessarily is centered around the dominant, controlling voice of the narrator. Although this structures has been dismissed as chaotic or irregular or formless, it does possess definite patterns which allow for the addition of further units. As Tristram Shandy is basically an open-ended novel allowing for infinite expansion, its chronology and subject matter are designed to cohere only in terms of Tristram's entire life; thus we find the events and characters are remembered in the authorial present. The novel moves back and forth on different levels of the historical present, and besides setting out an accumulative amount of remembered biographical detail, presents a projected picture of the mind of an individual in the process of remembering and narrating. A close study of the associational links between chapters clearly reveals the above points, for significantly, these links are all easy to follow and accumulative in effect. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate how the structure of the novel proceeds from the dominant single point of view that Tristram represents, how the ostensible autobiographical subject matter is eventually subjugated to this personality in operation, and how the structure of the novel functions efficiently towards this end. Chapter I examines the Tristram persona and Chapter II the Yorick persona, in order to determine how they function in this first-persom narration, and to what combined effect. Chapter III on Shandy Hall examines the characters of the novel, exclusive of Tristram, with a view to motivational factors that may proceed from them and that impinge on his story. And Chapter IV examines the associational and chronological structure of the novel in terms of the actual patterns and linkages Sterne provided his segmentalized novel with, and draws a general conclusion from this study.
title: Agribusiness Management in Utah Dairies
Creators: name: Hirschi, Rick L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1994

description: This thesis outlines the theoretical factors impacting dairy profitability. The theoretical portion includes: a general review of production and profit maximization theory, a review of related studies, and an outline of the variables impacting dairy profitability.
An empirical study follows using data gathered from three applied technology centers in Utah in conjunction with dairy herd improvement production records for the farms where these data were available. The empirical section includes a synopsis of the methods and procedures used to collect and analyze the data. Regression analysis was used to determine the significant production and financial factors influencing returns per cow; returns to labor, capital, and management; and return on assets. The results indicate that both revenue and cost variables are significant factors of dairy profitability as are various financial measures. The overall most significant variables were dollars of milk sold, price of milk, labor costs, feed cost per cow, and herd size.
Phonon dispersion and low energy anomaly in CaC$_6$
Creators: name: D'Astuto, Matteo
name: Calandra, Matteo
name: Bendiab, N.
name: Loupias, G.
name: Mauri, Francesco
name: Zhou, Shuyun
name: Graf, Jeff
name: Lanzara, Alessandra
name: Emery, N.
name: Herold, C.
name: Lagrange, P.
name: Petitgrand, D.
name: Hoesch, Moritz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report measurements of phonon dispersion in CaC$_6$ using inelastic X-ray and neutron scattering. We find good overall agreement, particularly in the 50 meV energy region, between experimental data and first-principles density-functional-theory calculations. However, on the longitudinal dispersion along the $(1 1 1)$ axis of the rhombohedral representation, we find an unexpected anti-crossing with an additional longitudinal mode, at about 11 meV. At a comparable energy, we observe also unexpected intensity on the in-plane direction. These results resolve the previous incorrect assignment of a longitudinal phonon mode to a transverse mode in the same energy range. By calculating the electron susceptibility from first principles we show that this longitudinal excitation is unlikely to be due to a plasmon and consequently can probably be due to defects or vacancies present in the sample.
description: Accepted for publication in Physical Review B
Glacial geomorphology of the Notsarula and Chanchakhi river valleys, Georgian Caucasus
Creators: name: Tielidze, Levan G.
name: Charton, Joanna
name: Jomelli, Vincent
name: Solomina, Olga N.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Detailed glacial geomorphological maps are valuable for identifying target sites for palaeoglaciological reconstructions and thus for palaeoclimate inferences. In this study, we present the first detailed glacial geomorphological mapping of the landform assemblages produced by the former glaciers in the Notsarula (42°45′44″N 43°38′29″E) and Chanchakhi (42°42′5″N 43°40′42″E) river valleys, Georgian Caucasus. Our goal is to create a high-resolution (1:33,000 scale) glacial geomorphological map of this area (237 km2) and provide a detailed and accurate distribution of glacier-related features (see Main Map). Several field investigations between 2010 and 2022 along with detailed remote sensing surveys have been conducted for this glacial geomorphological mapping. The mapped landforms indicate multiple readvance or stillstands of valley glaciers across the study area. The largest and complex glacier body likely existed in the Bubistskali River gorge (42°43′16″N 43°43′32″E). Well-preserved moraine landforms in this valley suggest at least five large and several relatively small glacier readvances or stillstands occurred during the Late Quaternary. The simple-valley-type (without branches) glaciers were also probably present in other tributary valleys of the Chanchakhi River basin at that time. This map can be used for further geomorphological investigation as well as to support future geochronological work in the Greater Caucasus.
Additional file 1 of Genome-wide analysis of long noncoding RNA expression profile in nasal mucosa with allergic rhinitis
Creators: name: Wei, Xian
name: Xu, Man
name: Wang, Chao
name: Fang, Shengjian
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Wang, Weihua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Clinical characteristics of AR and non-AR patients.
Geology of the lower Belice River valley, epicentral area of the M > 5 1968 seismic sequence (south-western Sicily, Italy)
Creators: name: Pucci, Stefano
name: Avellone, Giuseppe
name: Contino, Antonio
name: Incarbona, Alessandro
name: Sagnotti, Leonardo
name: Sulli, Attilio
name: Di Stefano, Enrico
name: Smedile, Alessandra
name: Gueli, Anna Maria
name: Stella, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: We present a new 1:25,000-scale geological map of the lower Belice River valley, the area struck by the M > 5.0 devastating 1968 seismic sequence, whose seismic source and seismotectonic framework are still controversial. The map, utilizing dating methods and traditional field survey approaches integrated by high-resolution topography, provides an unprecedented detail and precision on the spatial distribution and on the compressional growth geometries of the prominent sedimentary sequence. This map, supported by the first recognition of an on-shore Chibanian-Calabrian deposition and by identifying a flight of marine terraces, offers new insights on the long-lasting syn-depositional tectonic forces up to late-Pleistocene-Holocene times. Such tectonic forces may take part in the regional ongoing deformational phase, prompting detailed studies on the potential seismic sources affecting the area.
Testing General Relativity with Current Cosmological Data
Creators: name: Daniel, Scott F.
name: Linder, Eric V.
name: Smith, Tristan L.
name: Caldwell, Robert R.
name: Cooray, Asantha
name: Leauthaud, Alexie
name: Lombriser, Lucas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Deviations from general relativity, such as could be responsible for the cosmic acceleration, would influence the growth of large scale structure and the deflection of light by that structure. We clarify the relations between several different model independent approaches to deviations from general relativity appearing in the literature, devising a translation table. We examine current constraints on such deviations, using weak gravitational lensing data of the CFHTLS and COSMOS surveys, cosmic microwave background radiation data of WMAP5, and supernova distance data of Union2. Markov Chain Monte Carlo likelihood analysis of the parameters over various redshift ranges yields consistency with general relativity at the 95% confidence level.
description: 11 pages; 7 figures; typographical errors corrected; this is the published version
Additional file 2 of Full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon analysis of human gut microbiota using MinION™ nanopore sequencing confers species-level resolution
Creators: name: Matsuo, Yoshiyuki
name: Komiya, Shinnosuke
name: Yasumizu, Yoshiaki
name: Yasuoka, Yuki
name: Mizushima, Katsura
name: Takagi, Tomohisa
name: Kryukov, Kirill
name: Aisaku Fukuda
name: Morimoto, Yoshiharu
name: Naito, Yuji
name: Okada, Hidetaka
name: Bono, Hidemasa
name: Nakagawa, So
name: Hirota, Kiichi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2 Fig. S1. Sequence heterogeneities of the 27F primer-annealing site in 16S rRNA genes. Fig. S2. Evaluation of 16S rRNA PCR primers for identification of bacterial species. Fig. S3. Classification results of a mock community analyzed by the different bioinformatics workflows. Fig. S4. Effect of read number on taxonomic classification. Fig. S5. Species composition of a mock community analyzed by FASTQ 16S workflow. Fig. S6. Rarefaction curves of observed OTUs in V3-V4 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing of human fecal samples using the MiSeq™ platform. Fig. S7. Species composition of Blautia in human fecal samples. Fig. S8. Species composition of Bacteroides in human fecal samples. Fig. S9. Deviations in the relative abundances of Bifidobacterium species in human fecal samples. Fig. S10. Comparison of species composition of fecal Bifidobacterium between classification methods.
title: Solubility and Physiological Availability of Phosphates in Sodium and Calcium Systems
Creators: name: Pratt, Parker F.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1948

description: One of the principal fertility problems of calcareous soils is the lack of available phosphates. The factors which control this availability are not completely understood. One hindrance to the solution of the problems involved results from confusion of the concepts of solubility and availability. Availability is the net effect of the chemical state of a plant nutrient element and the ability of the plant to utilize the forms of the element present under the existing chemical and physical environmental conditions. In this paper, the term solubility will be used to designate the chemical solubility of an element in water or in specified extracting reagents. The term physiological availability will be used to designate the ability of the plant to assimilate the soluble forms of the element, and the term net availability will be used to designate the net effect of chemical solubility and physiological availability. These limited definitions seem justified in this study because the sodium and calcium systems investigated are alkaline and plants growing in these systems would probably be largely limited to soluble phosphates. Solubility is known to be one of the main factors which control availability of phosphates, but there is now conclusive evidence as to the importance of physiological availability.
Some investigators (26,13)1 have produced evidence which they claim supports the hypothesis that the H2PO4- ion is the only phosphate ion absorbed by plants. Since the relative concentration of this ion decreases as the pH increases above neutrality, they then conclude that physiological availability is largely a function of pH. Other investigators (41,7) have produced evidence which suggests that solubility is probably the only factor which limits the availability of phosphates in alkaline and calcareous soils. The purpose of this study is to add evidence which will help clarify the relative importance of solubility and physiological availability of phosphates in sodium and calcium soils.
title: The Effect of DDT Residue on the Composition and Digestibility of Alfalfa Hay
Creators: name: Myint, Than
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1948

description: DDT (2,2 bis (p-chlorophenyl) 1,1,1,-trichloroethane) was first synthesized in 1874 by Seidler in Switzerland, however, its effectiveness as an insecticide was not known until about 1942. The active principle was first known as G.H.B. (Gesarol-Neccid Base): but in 1943 DDT was suggested as an abbreviation for Dichlore Diphenyl Trichloroethane (Kaaegie, 1946). In fact DDT, as a powerful insecticide is one of the developments made during World War II. The importance of DDT in the control of the common insect enemies of mankind, such as mosquitoes, flies, moths, and many agricultural insect pests is realized more day by day. Many studies have been conducted to determine the uses, toxisity and residual effectiveness of DDT. However, the nutritive value of DDT dusted feedstuffs has not been investigated heretofore.
During recent years, in the west, alfalfa seed and hay production has declined as a result of injuries caused by certain species of insects such as lygus bage and alfalfa weevil. DDT has been used successfully to control these insect pests. Because of this fact there is a need for more information on the chemical composition, digestibility and metabolisable energy content of DDT treated alfalfa hay.
Evolving Networks and the Development of Neural Systems
Creators: name: Johnson, Samuel
name: Marro, J.
name: Torres, Joaquin J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: It is now generally assumed that the heterogeneity of most networks in nature probably arises via preferential attachment of some sort. However, the origin of various other topological features, such as degree-degree correlations and related characteristics, is often not clear and attributed to specific functional requirements. We show how it is possible to analyse a very general scenario in which nodes gain or lose edges according to any (e.g., nonlinear) functions of local and/or global degree information. Applying our method to two rather different examples of brain development -- synaptic pruning in humans and the neural network of the worm C. Elegans -- we find that simple biologically motivated assumptions lead to very good agreement with experimental data. In particular, many nontrivial topological features of the worm's brain arise naturally at a critical point.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in J. Stat. Mech
Mild Velocity Dispersion Evolution of Spheroid-like Massive Galaxies since z~2
Creators: name: Cenarro, A. Javier
name: Trujillo, Ignacio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Making use of public spectra from Cimatti et al (2008), we measure for the first time the velocity dispersion of spheroid-like massive (M_star ~ 10^11 M_sun) galaxies at z ~ 1.6. By comparing with galaxies of similar stellar mass at lower redshifts, we find evidence for a mild evolution in velocity dispersion, decreasing from ~240 km/s at z ~ 1.6 down to ~180 km/s at z ~ 0. Such mild evolution contrasts with the strong change in size (a factor of ~4) found for these type of objects in the same cosmic time, and it is consistent with a progressive larger role, at lower redshift, of the dark matter halo in setting the velocity dispersion of these galaxies. We discuss the implications of our results within the context of different scenarios proposed for the evolution of these massive objects.
description: 5 pages, 2 Figures. Accepted in ApJL. Minor changes from former submission
Additional file 1 of UBE2S promotes the development of ovarian cancer by promoting PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway to regulate cell cycle and apoptosis
Creators: name: Zhang, Mengjun
name: Liu, Yuan
name: Yin, Yue
name: Sun, Zhenxing
name: Wang, Yan
name: Zhang, Zexue
name: Li, Fei
name: Chen, Xiuwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. TCGA database and GTEx database sample summary
Allegory, allegorical interpretation, and literary experience : essays in criticism.
Creators: name: Neufeldt, Jerry Donald
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The following thesis will focus on the close relation between allegory and interpretation. Because interpretation proceeds from, the viewpoint that the literary work is essentailly a statement about some aspect of experience, it attempts to reduce the literary work to an argumentative statement. This thesis will argue that interpretation is, therefore, a mode of allegorization. Following from the argument that interpretation is allegorization, this thesis will point to factors suggesting that the interpretive allegorical approach is antithetical to literary expression. Interpretation generally fails to recognize the distinction between philosophical discourse and literary expression, or between, the logic of discourse and the logic of narrative. Further, allegorization has a restrictive effect on literary expression, in that an interpretive framework limits the possibilities of the suggestive ramifications of the literary tale. The restrictive effect of allegorization can he related to sociological and cultural factors -- factors that often determine the direction of literary response. The Renaissances furnishes an example of allegorical criticism that interprets in order to see literary works in terms of the presiding cultural-philosophical system. Further, the example of the Renaissance suggests that we might look for a parallel in the conduct of modern criticism. Allegorization in moderm criticism can be seen in interpretations derived from Freudian, Marxist, or Christian Humanist viewpoints. This thesis will argue that such interpretive criticism begins from outside the literary work, for it sees the literary work in terms of the vocabulary of the critic's system. Examples of approaches to Moby Dick will be advanced as evidence of interpretation that results in allegorization. A further example of the way allegory guides the response of the reader can be seen in The Pilgrim’ s Progress. Chapters I and III will argue that we can distinguish between the tale and the allegory, and suggest that the presence of the allegorical guide can be traced to extra-literary motivations. Further, when we attempt to reconcile the tale and the allegory, we see more clearly the irrelevance of the allegorical framework. Satiric allegory, however, presents a unique problem in that allegory in satire is generally not obtrusive.. Chapter IV will point to factors, such as the satirist’ s viewpoint, that prohibit the allegory from becoming a restrictive framework, as is seem in satiric allegories such as Animal Farm and Brave New World. In opposition to the interpretive-allegorical approach this thesis will argue that the open response is more in keeping with the demands of the literary work. The freer and more contemplative attitude of the open response dispenses with the search for the hidden meanings of literary expression. Critics such as Kazin, Lawrence, Sontag, and Rahv point to the attitudes and practise of the anti-allegorical approach.
Two-Thirds of Voters Favor a $15 Federal Minimum Wage, $12 Gets Bipartisan Support
Creators: name: Kull, Steven
name: Fehsenfeld, Evan
name: Lewitus, Evan
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2023
Subjects: Indexing
S. 478, 118th Congress
H.R. 582, S. 150, 116th Congress
Minimum wage

description: Voice Of the People (VOP) is a nonpartisan organization working to re-anchor our democracy in its founding principles by giving ‘We the People’ a greater and more effective voice in government. VOP champions innovative methods and technology – notably online public consultations – that enable the American people to play a role in the policymaking process and provide policymakers with a more accurate understanding of the views of their constituents. The Program for Public Conultation conducts policymaking simulations, which are an online process that puts citizens in the shoes of elected officials by simulating the process they go through in making policy decisions. Each simulation introduces a broader policy topic and then presents a series of modules that address a specific policy option that is currently under consideration in the current discourse. For each module, respondents: 1) receive a short briefing on a policy issue and the option or options for addressing it; 2) evaluate arguments for and against the policy options; and 3) finally, make their recommendation for what their elected officials should do.
description: An in-depth study conducted by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy finds that two-thirds of American voters favor raising the federal minimum wage to $15, including a majority of Democrats but less than half of Republicans. However, there is bipartisan majority support for a $12 minimum wage.
Gamma rays from ultracompact primordial dark matter minihalos
Creators: name: Scott, Pat
name: Sivertsson, Sofia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultracompact minihalos have recently been proposed as a new class of dark matter structure. These minihalos would be produced by phase transitions in the early Universe or features in the inflaton potential, and constitute non-baryonic massive compact halo objects (MACHOs) today. We examine the prospect of detecting ultracompact minihalos in gamma-rays if dark matter consists of self-annihilating particles. We compute present-day fluxes from minihalos produced in the electron-positron annihilation epoch, and the QCD and electroweak phase transitions in the early Universe. Even at a distance of 100 pc, minihalos produced during the electron-positron annihilation epoch should be eminently detectable today, either by the Fermi satellite, current Air Cherenkov telescopes, or even in archival EGRET data. Within ~1 pc, minihalos formed in the QCD phase transition would have similar predicted fluxes to the dwarf spheroidal galaxies targeted by current indirect dark matter searches, so might also be detectable by present or upcoming experiments.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures. Minor update to match published version of erratum
Additional file 6 of Full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon analysis of human gut microbiota using MinION™ nanopore sequencing confers species-level resolution
Creators: name: Matsuo, Yoshiyuki
name: Komiya, Shinnosuke
name: Yasumizu, Yoshiaki
name: Yasuoka, Yuki
name: Mizushima, Katsura
name: Takagi, Tomohisa
name: Kryukov, Kirill
name: Aisaku Fukuda
name: Morimoto, Yoshiharu
name: Naito, Yuji
name: Okada, Hidetaka
name: Bono, Hidemasa
name: Nakagawa, So
name: Hirota, Kiichi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6. Alignment search results for V1-V9 amplicon sequencing of the mock community.
title: The Relationship Between Attachment, Couple Conflict, and Recovery From Conflict
Creators: name: Taylor, Nathan C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Researchers have begun to utilize advances in technology to complement self-reports in an effort to understand intrapersonal and interpersonal factors that are involved in conflict. The objective of this study was to use skin conductance to measure physiological arousal during and after couple conflict to provide clarity to the association between attachment styles, physiological reactivity to conflict, and recovery from couple conflict. Ten couples (n = 20) were connected to skin conductance equipment while engaging in a 10-minute conflict task, and a distraction task and discussion that was used to represent recovery from conflict. The t-tests results showed that the difference from baseline scores for gender and attachment styles were not significant. Bivariate correlation analysis was used for descriptive variables and attachment and physiological arousal. Multiple regressions were used to analyze skin conductance difference scores with attachment avoidance and anxiety. Results showed that attachment anxiety was associated with greater physiological reactivity during the conflict and recovery portions of the study. These findings are the first to link attachment anxiety and physiological reactivity with the use of skin conductance as a measure of physiological arousal. The results from the multiple regressions for avoidant attachment were not significant. The implications for the study include a methodology for future researchers to follow to study attachment, conflict, and recovery from conflict. Clinical implications are also present in that the study highlights the importance of assessing for attachment styles when working with couples to better understand physiological reactions during and after conflict, and emphasizes the utility of biofeedback devices to facilitate emotional regulation. Research implications are also discussed.
Thermopower and Thermally Induced Domain Wall Motion in (Ga,Mn)As
Creators: name: Hals, Kjetil M. D.
name: Brataas, Arne
name: Bauer, Gerrit E. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study two reciprocal thermal effects in the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As by scattering theory: domain wall motion induced by a temperature gradient as well as heat currents pumped by a moving domain wall. The effective out-of-plane thermal spin transfer torque parameter $P_Q β_{Q}$, which governs the coupling between heat currents and a magnetic texture, is found to be of the order of unity. Unpinned domain walls are predicted to move at speed 10 m/s in temperature gradients of the order 10 ${\rm K/ μm}$. The cooling power of a moving domain wall only compensates the heating due to friction losses at ultra-low domain wall velocities of about 0.07 m/s. The Seebeck coefficient is found to be of the order 100-500 ${\rm μV / K}$ at T=10 K, in good agreement with recent experiment.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures. Final version accepted by "Special issue: Caloritronics" in Solid State Communications
title: Drainage of the Logan-Hyde Park-Benson Area, Utah
Creators: name: Flammer, Gordon H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1953

description: B.A. Etcheverry (4) in his book, Land Drainage and Flood Protection, states that inadequate drainage causes: (1) a public health menace, (2) an animal health menace, (3) lower grade plant life, (4) inadequate soil saturation, (5) lower soil temperatures, (6) shallow root penetration and, therefore, plant suffering in late summer months from effects of drought, (7) poor soil texture and workability, (8) increased surface washing and erosion of land surface, and (9) alkali and saline conditions. Other factors such as poorer roads and highways, decreased tax revenues, etc., might be added to this list. The advantages of adequate drainage are absence of these disadvantages. Many public as well as private benefits are realized from land drainage.
The present world situation has brought about a great need for increased food production. Jones, in the July 1952 issue of Agricultural Engineering (13), writes:
There is greater need for food and fiber production on United States farms today than ever before. U.S. population has increased 20 million in ten years...an appreciable part of our food supplies must go to feed men in the military service...our present exports require the production ofrom approximately 50 million acres...as a result of these heavy demands, the agricultural surpluses we heard so much about a few years ago are now a myth.
It appears that over the U.S. some 30-40 million acres of land are now under cultivation on which crop yields could be increased 50 per cent or more by farm drainage work, an increase which can be obtained without increased demands for machinery, labor, seed, or fertilizer. All that would be required would be a limited amount of construction equipment such as small draglines, bulldozers, and graders. In view of the urgent need for increasing our food supply, it would seem that every effort should be made to provide the necessary critical materials to furnish and maintain the small amount of equipment necessary to carry on an expanded program of farm drainage.
Conditions are more favorable economically for drainage than ever before. Land values and food values have both increased considerably.
Synthesis of Silver Colloids: Experiment and Computational Model
Creators: name: Halaciuga, Ionel
name: Robb, Daniel T.
name: Privman, Vladimir
name: Goia, Dan V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We summarize our recent results that model the formation of uniform spherical silver colloids prepared by mixing iso-ascorbic acid and silver-amine complex solutions in the absence of dispersants. We found that the experimental results can be modeled effectively by the two-stage formation mechanism used previously to model the preparation of colloidal gold spheres. The equilibrium concentration of silver atoms and the surface tension of silver precursor nanocrystals are both treated as free parameters, and the experimental reaction time scale is fit by a narrow region of this two-parameter space. The kinetic parameter required to match the final particle size is found to be very close to that used previously in modeling the formation of uniform gold particles, suggesting that similar kinetics governs the aggregation process. The model also reproduces semi quantitatively the effects of temperature and solvent viscosity on particle synthesis.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
title: Comparison of the Three Major Administrative Approaches to the Management of Concurrent Enrollment Programs at Utah State University from 1987 to 1991
Creators: name: Hirpa, Haile
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1993

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of the Utah State University concurrent enrollment program to the achievement (GPA), recruitment, and retention of program participants after joining Utah State University.
Three administrative approaches to the management of concurrent enrollment programs were identified for the purpose of this study: Level One, Level Two, and Level Three. Level One involved high school teachers who taught and graded the concurrent enrollment program courses. In Level Two, high school teachers taught the courses, but University professors prepared exams and graded the papers. In Level Three, teaching, exam preparation, and paper grading were all executed by university faculty.
To determine the effects of the three different administrative approaches on concurrent enrollment programs, four research questions were formulated: (1) For the three different administrative approaches to the management of the concurrent enrollment program practiced by Utah State University, are there different GPAs for comparable selected major courses for program participants? (2) For the three different administrative approaches, are there differences in the proportion of high school students recruited to Utah State University? (3) For the three different administrative approaches, are there different rates of retention for participating students one year after joining Utah State University? (4) For the three different administrative approaches, are there greater GP As and retention rates when compared with Utah State University's regular freshmen population?
A sample from the target population of concurrent enrollment program participants from 1988 to 1991 was used. The data were collected from existing Utah State University records.
The dependent variables were GPA, recruitment, and retention, while administrative approaches were the three levels of the independent variable. The means for the Level One approach were statistically and educationally significant as compared to the remaining two levels. One year after joining Utah State University, the recruited concurrent enrollment program participants tended to remain with Utah State University. Therefore, it was recommended that the program be supported with the emphasis on encouraging more high school teachers to teach concurrent enrollment courses in the future.
A user-centered mapping design for geomorphological hazard thematic map
Creators: name: Shen, Su-Min
name: Chen, Yin-Hsuen
name: Lo, Chia-Ming
name: Yu, Mu-Ti
name: Lin, Si-Chin
name: Wang, Sendo
name: Chang, Chih-Hsin
name: Lin, Sheng-Chi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Numerous studies have concentrated on developing user-centered designs for hazard zone maps but rarely for hazard-oriented geomorphological maps, named as Geomorphological Hazard Thematic Maps (GHTMs) in this study, which provide more detailed information about natural hazards. This study developed a user-centered mapping design for GHTMs for nonexperts in geomorphology. We invited civil engineers and high school educators to evaluate a sample GHTM’s design in group and focus group panel interviews. The civil engineers preferred maps with more geomorphological features, whereas the educators preferred simple designs. Both groups indicated that the inclusion of essential facilities and road networks is essential. The map was also adjusted by adding hillshade layer and by changing the symbology for mass wasting, fault scarps, and fluvial features to increase clarity and simplicity. This case study is the first step toward developing user-centered mapping designs for hazard communication that will deepen their understanding of natural hazards. This study developed and explored a user-centered design for a geomorphological hazard thematic map.Civil engineers and educators were invited to provide feedback.The engineers preferred detailed designs, and the educators preferred simplified designs.Both groups considered essential facilities and roads useful reference points.This study offers a geomorphological mapping design for nonexperts in geomorphology. This study developed and explored a user-centered design for a geomorphological hazard thematic map. Civil engineers and educators were invited to provide feedback. The engineers preferred detailed designs, and the educators preferred simplified designs. Both groups considered essential facilities and roads useful reference points. This study offers a geomorphological mapping design for nonexperts in geomorphology.
Sharp weighted bounds for fractional integral operators
Creators: name: Lacey, Michael
name: Moen, Kabe
name: Perez, Carlos
name: Torres, Rodolfo H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 42B20, 42B25

description: The relationship between the operator norms of fractional integral operators acting on weighted Lebesgue spaces and the constant of the weights is investigated. Sharp boundsare obtained for both the fractional integral operators and the associated fractional maximal functions. As an application improved Sobolev inequalities are obtained. Some of the techniques used include a sharp off-diagonal version of the extrapolation theorem of Rubio de Francia and characterizations of two-weight norm inequalities.
description: v2: changes made to reflect referee's report. Final version of the paper. To appear in J Func Anal
title: Exploiting Sparsity and Dictionary Learning to Efficiently Classify Materials in Hyperspectral Imagery
Creators: name: Pound, Andrew E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) produces spatial images with pixels that, instead of consisting of three colors, consist of hundreds of spectral measurements. Because there are so many measurements for each pixel, analysis of HSI is difficult. Frequently, standard techniques are used to help make analysis more tractable by representing the HSI data in a different manner.
This research explores the utility of representing the HSI data in a learned dictionary basis for the express purpose of material identification and classification. Multiclass classification is performed on the transformed data using the RandomForests algorithm. Performance results are reported.
In addition to classification, single material detection is considered also. Commonly used detection algorithm performance is demonstrated on both raw radiance pixels and HSI represented in dictionary-learned bases. Comparison results are shown which indicate that detection on dictionary-learned sparse representations perform as well as detection on radiance. In addition, a different method of performing detection, capitalizing on dictionary learning is established and performance comparisons are reported, showing gains over traditional detection methods.
SimplicialDecomposability: a package for Macaulay 2
Creators: name: Cook, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 13F55, 05E45

description: We introduce a new Macaulay 2 package, SimplicialDecomposability, which works in conjunction with the extant package SimplicialComplexes in order to compute a shelling order, if one exists, of a specified simplicial complex. Further, methods for determining vertex-decomposability are implemented, along with methods for determining k-decomposability.
description: 4 pages; extensive reworking of examples
From Immunology to Social Policy: Epistemology and Ethics in the creation and administration of paediatric vaccines
Creators: name: Mercae, A
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This thesis presents an extensive cross-disciplinary exploration of literature appraising epistemological and ethical issues relevant to the current status of paediatric immunisation. It encompasses immunology, epidemiology, medical practice, economics, public health and the formulation and administration of health policy at local, national and international levels. Original insights are drawn from the synthesis of information provided by each of these areas, and future directions are suggested for research and policy formulation. Recently advanced theories on the function of the immune system are evaluated in relation to trends in vaccine creation. The current state of knowledge regarding neonatal tolerance, immunological memory, and vaccine design is analysed. The complexities of both immunological and epidemiological measurements of vaccine efficacy are outlined, and suggestions are made on improvements to study design and comparability of data. Ethical issues such as community versus individual rights, the reporting of adverse events, financial incentive schemes, the linking of immunisation with access to other public services such as education and welfare, and the influence of the profit requirements of trans-national corporations are addressed. The effectiveness of immunisation as a prevention of infectious disease is evaluated in relation to broad-based socio-economic influences on public health. Immunisation is then placed in perspective with other public health measures. The concept of placing immunisation within a broader socio-economic approach to building population health resilience is proposed.
Additional file 7 of Full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon analysis of human gut microbiota using MinION™ nanopore sequencing confers species-level resolution
Creators: name: Matsuo, Yoshiyuki
name: Komiya, Shinnosuke
name: Yasumizu, Yoshiaki
name: Yasuoka, Yuki
name: Mizushima, Katsura
name: Takagi, Tomohisa
name: Kryukov, Kirill
name: Aisaku Fukuda
name: Morimoto, Yoshiharu
name: Naito, Yuji
name: Okada, Hidetaka
name: Bono, Hidemasa
name: Nakagawa, So
name: Hirota, Kiichi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7. Alignment search results for V3-V4 amplicon sequencing of the mock community.
title: Economic Assessment of Organic, Eco-Friendly, and Conventional Peach Production Methods in Northern Utah
Creators: name: Knudsen, Trevor D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Fruit producers in Northern Utah face several challenges to their production, urbanization, decreased availability of agricultural land, and competition from domestic producers and imports. As consumers are willing to pay premiums for foods differentiated by production method, such as eco-friendly and organic, conversion to these methods may increase the profitability of fruit growing operations.
This study found that consumers in Northern Utah are willing to pay a premium for peaches grown using organic and eco-friendly production practices over conventionally grown peaches. The study also found that of the three methods of peach production examined (conventional, eco-friendly, and organic), organic had the highest average grower net returns and had the lowest associated risk, while conventional peach production had the potential for the highest net returns. These results may guide producers when making orchard management decisions and in the profitability assessment of alternative production methods.
Additional file 2 of UBE2S promotes the development of ovarian cancer by promoting PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway to regulate cell cycle and apoptosis
Creators: name: Zhang, Mengjun
name: Liu, Yuan
name: Yin, Yue
name: Sun, Zhenxing
name: Wang, Yan
name: Zhang, Zexue
name: Li, Fei
name: Chen, Xiuwei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 2. Table S2. Expression level of UBE2S gene in pan-cancer.