cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A novel model and estimation method for the individual random component of earthquake ground-motion relations
Creators: name: Raschke, Mathias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, I introduce a novel approach to modelling the individual random component (also called the intra-event uncertainty) of a ground-motion relation (GMR), as well as a novel approach to estimating the corresponding parameters. In essence, I contend that the individual random component is reproduced adequately by a simple stochastic mechanism of random impulses acting in the horizontal plane, with random directions. The random number of impulses was Poisson distributed. The parameters of the model were estimated according to a proposal by Raschke (2013a), with the sample of random difference xi=ln(Y1)-ln(Y2), in which Y1 and Y2 are the horizontal components of local ground-motion intensity. Any GMR element was eliminated by subtraction, except the individual random components. In the estimation procedure the distribution of difference xi was approximated by combining a large Monte Carlo simulated sample and Kernel smoothing. The estimated model satisfactorily fitted the difference xi of the sample of peak ground accelerations, and the variance of the individual random components was considerably smaller than that of conventional GMRs. In addition, the dependence of variance on the epicentre distance was considered; however, a dependence of variance on the magnitude was not detected. Finally, the influence of the novel model and the corresponding approximations on PSHA was researched. The applied approximations of distribution of the individual random component were satisfactory for the researched example of PSHA.
The effects of supervision within resistance training: A systematic review and meta-analysis of training outcomes.
Creators: name: Fisher, James
name: Steele, James
name: Androulakis-Korakakis, Patroklos
name: Wolf, Milo
name: Smith, Dave
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sports Sciences
subject: Kinesiology
subject: Exercise Science
subject: Sports Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Exercise Physiology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Life Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties

description: The management of resistance training variables for strength and hypertrophic adaptations is well established within academic literature. Empirical studies and subsequent systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses have attempted to report optimal muscular adaptations following the manipulation of load, repetition duration, weekly volume, frequency, exercise order, and range of motion. However, amidst the evidence of efficacy regarding manipulation of each of these variables, prior reviews have failed to consider training supervision as a potentially confounding variable despite the majority of empirical studies examining resistance training interventions conducted under conditions of supervision. The knowledge that supervision is prevalent in resistance training studies for monitoring adherence and completion of a protocol, and/or for technical coaching and encouragement might be a positive indication of the quality of research being conducted. Certainly, this supervision supports the efficacy of management of resistance training variables for desired outcomes. However, supervision might limit our knowledge of the effectiveness of these variables in an everyday environment where supervision is infrequent in those participating in resistance training. Many reviews of resistance training variables provide recommendations for training, yet it is unknown whether the evidenced efficacy of such recommendations under idealised research conditions involving close supervision translates into effectiveness when they are followed under more ecologically valid conditions absent of supervision. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to consider the impact that supervision has upon training outcomes to better understand whether recommendations made from studies of the efficacy of resistance training can be said to reflect what we could be expected regarding its effectiveness.
The Formation of Vanadium Deposits in the Archean Rivière Bell Complex, Quebec: Insights from Fe-Ti Oxide Chemistry
Creators: name: Polivchuk, Matthew
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: layered intrusion
Fe-Ti-V deposits
Fe-Ti oxides
LA-ICP-MS
chemostratigraphy

description: Cryptic trends in the trace element chemistry of Fe-Ti oxide minerals have been used to elucidate the magmatic processes responsible for the formation of Fe-Ti-V deposits in the Rivière Bell Complex layered mafic-ultramafic intrusion near Matagami, Quebec, Canada. Although metamorphism at greenschist-amphibolite facies conditions has modified the primary igneous compositions of magnetite and ilmenite, their Cr and V contents appear to have been unaffected. Chemostratigraphic variations of these elements in Fe-Ti oxides therefore remain valid tracers of magmatic differentiation, even in metamorphosed settings. Injections of compositionally evolved, Fe-Ti oxide-laden magma into a more primitive ferrogabbroic host are presumably responsible for sharp decreases in the Cr and V concentrations of Fe-Ti oxides that coincide with lithostratigraphic changes from predominantly disseminated gabbros to ultramafic sequences closely interlayered with massive oxides. These injections highlight the multistage magmatic history of the layered series of the Rivière Bell Complex and its vanadium ore horizons.
The growth-restricted fetus: risk of mortality by each additional week of expectant management
Creators: name: Pilliod, Rachel A.
name: Page, Jessica M.
name: Sparks, Teresa N.
name: Caughey, Aaron B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Objective: To compare fetal/infant mortality risk associated with each additional week of expectant management with the infant mortality risk of immediate delivery in growth-restricted pregnancies. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted of singleton, nonanomalous pregnancies from the 2005–2008 California Birth Registry comparing pregnancies affected and unaffected by growth restriction, defined using birth weights as a proxy for fetal growth restriction (FGR). Birth weights were subdivided as greater than the 90th percentile, between the 10th percentile and 90th percentile, and less than the 10th percentile. Cases greater than the 90th percentile were excluded from analysis. Cases less than the 10th percentile were considered to have FGR and were further subcategorized into <10th percentile, <5th percentile, and <3rd percentile. We compared the risk of infant death at each gestational age week against a composite risk representing the mortality risk of one additional week of expectant management. Results: We identified 1,641,000 births, of which 110,748 (6.7%) were less than 10th percentile. The risk of stillbirth increased with gestational age with the risk of stillbirth at each week of gestation inversely proportional to growth percentile. The risks of fetal and infant mortality with expectant management outweighed the risk of infant death for all FGR categories analyzed beginning at 38 weeks. However, the absolute risks differed by growth percentiles, with the highest risks of infant death and stillbirth in the <3rd percentile cohort. At 39 weeks, absolute risks were low, although the number needed to deliver to prevent 1 death ranged from 413 for <3rd percentile to 2667 in unaffected pregnancies. Conclusion: At 38 weeks, the mortality risk of expectant management for one additional week exceeds the risk of delivery across all growth-restricted cohorts, despite variation in absolute risk by degree of growth restriction.
Elimination and recursions in the scattering equations
Creators: name: Cardona, Carlos
name: Kalousios, Chrysostomos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the elimination theory to explicitly construct the (n-3)! order polynomial in one of the variables of the scattering equations. The answer can be given either in terms of a determinant of Sylvester type of dimension (n-3)! or a determinant of Bézout type of dimension (n-4)!. We present a recursive formula for the Sylvester determinant. Expansion of the determinants yields expressions in terms of Plücker coordinates. Elimination of the rest of the variables of the scattering equations is also presented.
description: 14 pages; v2 references added, minor changes, published version
The growth-restricted fetus: risk of mortality by each additional week of expectant management
Creators: name: A. Pilliod, Rachel
name: Page, Jessica M.
name: Sparks, Teresa N.
name: B. Caughey, Aaron
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Objective: To compare fetal/infant mortality risk associated with each additional week of expectant management with the infant mortality risk of immediate delivery in growth-restricted pregnancies. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted of singleton, nonanomalous pregnancies from the 2005–2008 California Birth Registry comparing pregnancies affected and unaffected by growth restriction, defined using birth weights as a proxy for fetal growth restriction (FGR). Birth weights were subdivided as greater than the 90th percentile, between the 10th percentile and 90th percentile, and less than the 10th percentile. Cases greater than the 90th percentile were excluded from analysis. Cases less than the 10th percentile were considered to have FGR and were further subcategorized into <10th percentile, <5th percentile, and <3rd percentile. We compared the risk of infant death at each gestational age week against a composite risk representing the mortality risk of one additional week of expectant management. Results: We identified 1,641,000 births, of which 110,748 (6.7%) were less than 10th percentile. The risk of stillbirth increased with gestational age with the risk of stillbirth at each week of gestation inversely proportional to growth percentile. The risks of fetal and infant mortality with expectant management outweighed the risk of infant death for all FGR categories analyzed beginning at 38 weeks. However, the absolute risks differed by growth percentiles, with the highest risks of infant death and stillbirth in the <3rd percentile cohort. At 39 weeks, absolute risks were low, although the number needed to deliver to prevent 1 death ranged from 413 for <3rd percentile to 2667 in unaffected pregnancies. Conclusion: At 38 weeks, the mortality risk of expectant management for one additional week exceeds the risk of delivery across all growth-restricted cohorts, despite variation in absolute risk by degree of growth restriction.
Online Portals and Treatment Adherence in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Girault Viesca, Manuel
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Non-adherence to medication is quite common among patients with diabetes. Poor communication between patients and providers has been identified as a barrier to treatment adherence. In recent years, technological advances have provided patients an electronic form of communication, through web-based portals. A literature review was conducted to evaluate the impact of these patient web portals on the health outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes. Using health science databases, only studies with online portals, as intervention, and patients with type 2 diabetes, as sample, were included. Half of the studies compared hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels between portal-users and non-users, while the other half compared these levels before and after the implementation of portals. A summary of 6 articles showed that online portals helped achieved glycemic control (HbA1c ≤7%) on type 2 diabetic patients. Among the identified studies, randomized trials provided stronger evidence of the efficacy of this electronic communication; however, the number of studies meeting the inclusion criteria is still very small. Additional research is needed to identify specific mechanisms through which online portals achieve better health outcomes.
Retrospective analysis of the association of gender/age interactions with the development of acute kidney injury following non-cardiac surgery
Creators: name: Privratsky, Jamie
name: Krishnamoorthy, Vijay
name: Bartz, Raquel
name: Raghunathan, Karthik
name: Ohnuma, Tetsu
name: Schroeder, Rebecca
name: Price, Thomas
name: sigurdsson, martin
name: Mathis, Michael
name: naik, bhiken
name: fuller, matthew
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Anesthesiology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: Surgery
subject: Nephrology

description: We are attempting to determine the influence of gender and age on development of post-operative AKI. We overall want to determine whether gender hormones (estrogen, testosterone) influence AKI development. We will use the large Multi-center Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG) database to study this.
title: Accuracy assessment for registration of ILD follow-up data in CT: Distance vs. volume overlap metrics
Creators: name: Vlachopoulos, Georgios
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Image registration
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: CT
subject: Lung

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Computed tomography (CT) imaging is a powerful modality for the quantification of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) extent and monitoring of change in a follow-up framework. ILD progression quantification involves comparison of quantified disease...
Supermassive black holes and their host spheroids I. Disassembling galaxies
Creators: name: Savorgnan, Giulia A. D.
name: Graham, Alister W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several recent studies have performed galaxy decompositions to investigate correlations between the black hole mass and various properties of the host spheroid, but they have not converged on the same conclusions. This is because their models for the same galaxy were often significantly different and not consistent with each other in terms of fitted components. Using $3.6 \rm ~μm$ $Spitzer$ imagery, which is a superb tracer of the stellar mass (superior to the $K$-band), we have performed state-of-the-art multicomponent decompositions for 66 galaxies with directly measured black hole masses. Our sample is the largest to date and, unlike previous studies, contains a large number (17) of spiral galaxies with low black hole masses. We paid careful attention to the image mosaicking, sky subtraction and masking of contaminating sources. After a scrupulous inspection of the galaxy photometry (through isophotal analysis and unsharp masking) and - for the first time - 2D kinematics, we were able to account for spheroids, large-scale, intermediate-scale and nuclear disks, bars, rings, spiral arms, halos, extended or unresolved nuclear sources and partially depleted cores. For each individual galaxy, we compared our best-fit model with previous studies, explained the discrepancies and identified the optimal decomposition. Moreover, we have independently performed 1D and 2D decompositions, and concluded that, at least when modelling large, nearby galaxies, 1D techniques have more advantages than 2D techniques. Finally, we developed a prescription to estimate the uncertainties on the 1D best-fit parameters for the 66 spheroids that takes into account systematic errors, unlike popular 2D codes that only consider statistical errors.
description: To appear in ApJ. Figures quality has been drastically reduced to meet the arXiv size limit, contact the corresponding author should you require higher quality figures
Outcomes After Mastectomy and Lumpectomy in Octogenarians and Nonagenarians with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Creators: name: Merrill, Amelia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Prospective studies have shown equal outcomes after mastectomy or breast conservation in patients with invasive breast cancer; however, many of these studies excluded elderly patients. We identified patients in their eighties and nineties with clinical stage 0 to II breast cancer undergoing mastectomy or lumpectomy with or without radiation from the prospective sentinel lymph node (SLN) database at Wake Forest Baptist Health and analyzed their treatment and survival. Of 92 patients, 24 (26.1%) underwent mastectomy, 22 (23.9%) lumpectomy with radiation, and 46 (50.0%) lumpectomy alone. Significant differences were noted in tumor size (p=0.018), nodal status (p=0.013), and stage (p=0.011) across the groups. Only 7.6% of patients had chemotherapy, while 65.3% took anti-estrogen therapy. Recurrence occured in 11 (12.0%) patients. In univariate analysis, overall survival did not differ by surgery. Age was the only factor that increased risk of death (HR=1.19, p=0.028). Neither tumor factors nor type of local treatment significantly influenced overall survival. Octogenarians and nonagenarians with early-stage breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving surgery with or without radiation have equivalent survival to patients having a mastectomy.
Skew braces and the Yang-Baxter equation
Creators: name: Guarnieri, L.
name: Vendramin, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16T25, 81R50

description: Braces were introduced by Rump to study non-degenerate involutive set-theoretic solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation. We generalize Rump's braces to the non-commutative setting and use this new structure to study not necessarily involutive non-degenerate set-theoretical solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation. Based on results of Bachiller and Catino and Rizzo, we develop an algorithm to enumerate and construct classical and non-classical braces of small size up to isomorphism. This algorithm is used to produce a database of braces of small size. The paper contains several open problems, questions and conjectures.
description: 16 pages, 6 tables. Title has changed. Final version. Accepted for publication in Mathematics of Computation
title: Fulvenes as Isomers of Benzenoid Compounds
Creators: name: Hafner, Klaus
name: Häfner, K. H.
name: König, C.
name: Kreuder, M.
name: Ploss, G.
name: Schulz, G.
name: Sturm, E.
name: Völpel, K. H.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023

description: With regard to the nature of their bonding and reactivity, fulvenes occupy a position intermediate between their benzenoid isomers and the olefins. The chemical and physical behavior of the fulvenes is determined either by the diene character of the cross-conjugated system or by the cylic conjugation in the five-membered ring, depending on the type of substituent at the exocyclic carbon atom. In addtion to several new substitution reactions, a description is given of the syntheses and reactions of 6-amino- and 6-hydroxyfulvenes, isomeric with anilines and phenols, the derivatives of which can be used for the preparation of new types of nonbenzenoid cyclic conjugated systems such as carbocyclic and heterocyclic azulenes, pseudoazulenes, thiepines, dihydropyridazines, and s-indacene.
title: Diabetic mastopathy: spectrum of radiological findings.
Creators: name: Navarro-Aguilar, Vicente
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: Mammography
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Metabolic disorders

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The main objective of this revision is to illustrate the spectrum of radiological manifestations of diabetic mastopathy in the different breast imaging techniques: mammography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance (MRI). To help in this objective, a...
Primordial trispectra and CMB spectral distortions
Creators: name: Bartolo, Nicola
name: Liguori, Michele
name: Shiraishi, Maresuke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the $TTμ$ bispectrum, generated by correlations between Cosmic Microwave Background temperature (T) anisotropies and chemical potential ($μ$) distortions, and we analyze its dependence on primordial local trispectrum parameters $g_{\rm NL}$ and $τ_{\rm NL}$. We cross-check our results by comparing the full bispectrum calculation with the expectations from a general physical argument, based on predicting the shape of $μ$-T correlations from the couplings between short and long perturbation modes induced by primordial non-Gaussianity. We show that $both$ $g_{\rm NL}$ and $τ_{\rm NL}$-parts of the primordial trispectrum source a non-vanishing $TTμ$ signal, contrary to the $μμ$ auto-correlation function, which is sensitive only to the $τ_{\rm NL}$-component. A simple Fisher matrix-based forecast shows that a futuristic, cosmic-variance dominated experiment could in principle detect $g_{\rm NL} \sim 0.4$ and $τ_{\rm NL} \sim 40$ using $TTμ$.
description: 21 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in JCAP
An Analysis of the Impact of Provider Supply on State-Level Telemedicine Legislation
Creators: name: Pham, Olivia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Telemedicine is a growing industry within healthcare and has been touted as a potential solution to provider shortages in needy states. Whether shortages are due to maldistribution or insufficient number of providers in a state, telemedicine can help improve patients' access to care. However, in many states, telemedicine providers face significant barriers to practice in terms of licensure, reimbursement, and scope of practice laws or regulations. This study examines the legislative and regulatory response of states to provider shortages. By cross-referencing data from 2011 on provider supply with current legislation and regulation regarding telemedicine, this study seeks to investigate the alignment of state law with physician supply in four categories: all specialties, dermatology, mental/behavioral health, and radiology. It was found that overall there does not appear to be a significant legislative response in any specialties. However, it appears that several states with particularly serious shortages in dermatology, mental/behavioral health, and radiology may have responded by creating special telemedicine licenses. It is recommended that there be efforts to share provider supply data with legislators, specifically through the FutureDocs Forecasting Tool. By sharing provider supply data with legislators, closing the knowledge gap, and recommending telemedicine as a solution to provider shortage, it is expected that legislative and regulatory responses regarding telemedicine will be seriously considered.
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Creators: name: Dautriche, Isabelle
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: In two studies, we investigated whether and how a sense of confidence in having acquired a word meaning influences the word learning process itself. To probe the replicability of the effects we uncovered in these two experiments we propose one novel experiment designed to replicate the main findings.
Cascading failures in coupled networks with both inner-dependency and inter-dependency links
Creators: name: Liu, Run-Ran
name: Li, Ming
name: Jia, Chun-Xiao
name: Wang, Bing-Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the percolation in coupled networks with both inner-dependency and inter-dependency links, where the inner- and inter-dependency links represent the dependencies between nodes in the same or different networks, respectively. We find that when most of dependency links are inner- or inter-ones, the coupled networks system is fragile and makes a discontinuous percolation transition. However, when the numbers of two types of dependency links are close to each other, the system is robust and makes a continuous percolation transition. This indicates that the high density of dependency links could not always lead to a discontinuous percolation transition as the previous studies. More interestingly, although the robustness of the system can be optimized by adjusting the ratio of the two types of dependency links, there exists a critical average degree of the networks for coupled random networks, below which the crossover of the two types of percolation transitions disappears, and the system will always demonstrate a discontinuous percolation transition. We also develop an approach to analyze this model, which is agreement with the simulation results well.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
title: Infectious head and neck emergencies: CT findings
Creators: name: Sánchez  Rodríguez, Sara
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: CT
subject: Head and neck
subject: Emergency
subject: Infection

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Describe CT findings of common acute conditions of the head and neck and of the other less common but potentially life-threatening...
Scalar Dark Matter in Scale Invariant Standard Model
Creators: name: Ghorbani, Karim
name: Ghorbani, Hossein
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate single and two-component scalar dark matter scenarios in classically scale invariant standard model which is free of the hierarchy problem in the Higgs sector. We show that despite the very restricted space of parameters imposed by the scale invariance symmetry, both single and two-component scalar dark matter models overcome the direct and indirect constraints provided by the Planck/WMAP observational data and the LUX/Xenon100 experiment. We comment also on the radiative mass corrections of the classically massless scalon that plays a crucial role in our study.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures. 2 figures added, typos fixed
title: Evaluation of coronary atherosclerotic plaque composition using CA-MDCT in patients undergoing statin therapy follow up
Creators: name: Malago, Roberto
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cardiac
subject: CT
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Pathology

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Acute miocardial infarction (AMI) is caused by atherosclerotic plaques with specific morphological characteristics like big dimensions, central lipid core and slim fibrous capping. Studies show that MDCT-Coronary Angiography (MDCT-CA) can be used to...
title: Acknowledgements
Creators: name: Grundy, Stephen L.
name: Hamilton, Doug
name: Veletsianos, George
name: Agger-Gupta, Niels
name: Márquez, Pedro
name: Forssman, Vivian
name: Legault, Myriam
Publisher: name: Royal Roads University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Teaching
Learning
Education, Higher
Royal Roads University

description: We are very appreciative of our colleagues at Royal Roads University, including the faculty, librarians, and staff who have provided support, ideas, contributions, and feedback during the preparation of this volume. We are particularly grateful to the authors of the case studies accepted for publication for their commitment of time and ideas to this volume. A special thanks goes out to the peer reviewers whose feedback to earlier versions of the case studies was timely, incisive, and encouraging. Also, we would like to thank Jean Pakvis, Senior Marketing Specialist, and George Balino, Senior Designer, at RRU for their production of the book covers and Margot Bracewell, Executive Assistant, Office of the Vice President Academic, for her coordination and administrative expertise. As well, we are grateful to Keith Webster, Cathy Pretorius, and Anthony Manning from the Centre for Teaching and Educational Technologies for their timely assistance in getting this book ready for production and printing. Three special acknowledgements are in order. First, we are very appreciative and indebted to Myriam Legault for her project management, editorial, copy-editing, and stewardship skills. Her consistent enthusiasm, extreme patience, and hands-on diligence made all the difference in the world to the editorial committee. Secondly, we would like to thank Dr. Allan Cahoon, President and Vice-Chancellor of Royal Roads University for his tireless and enthusiastic support for our learning and teaching model. Finally, the cases described in this book would not have been possible without the dedication, enthusiasm, and inspiration of our Royal Roads University students.
Exp 2: Extension to 'either'
Creators: name: Aravind, Athulya
name: Brody, Gabor
name: Torma, Cindy
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Registration for a study on children's understanding of the quantifier "either"
title: Introduction
Creators: name: Hamilton, Doug
name: Grundy, Stephen L.
name: Veletsianos, George
Publisher: name: Royal Roads University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Teaching
Learning
Education, Higher
Royal Roads University

description: In this introduction, we provide a short background to RRU, a brief overview of the RRU Learning and Teaching Model, and an introduction to the chapters included in the book.
Additional file 1 of Flow cytometric analysis for Ki67 assessment in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded breast cancer tissue
Creators: name: Sato, Natsuki
name: Tsujimoto, Masahiko
name: Nakatsuji, Masatoshi
name: Tsuji, Hiromi
name: Sugama, Yuji
name: Shimazu, Kenzo
name: Shimoda, Masafumi
name: Ishihara, Hideki
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1: Figures S1-S13. Fig. S1 Bivariate FCM analysis of Ki67and DNA contentin FFPE breast cancer tissues. Fig. S2 Number of digestive enzyme cleavage sites in Ki67 isoforms, cytokeratins and collagens. Fig. S3 Flow cytometry analysis of Ki67 in formalin-fixed cell lines. Fig. S4 Flow cytometric detection of ER and PgR in formalin-fixed cell lines. Fig. S5 Optimization of mechanical tissue disruption methods used for tissue dissociation. Fig. S6 State of cells by treatment time of ultrasonic homogenization. Fig. S7 Recovery of cell nuclei from a FFPE tissue by using ultrasonic homogenization only. Fig. S8 Fluorescence microscopic observation of HER2 in cells recovered from a FFPE tissue. Fig. S9 Effect for Ki67 stainability by enzymatic treatments. Fig. S10 Negative effect of enzymatic treatment on the nucleoskeleton. Fig. S11 Gating scheme calculating Ki67 positivity in AreaX. Fig. S12 FFPE blocks of normal and breast cancer tissues from the same patient. Fig. S13 FCM of Ki67 in formalin-fixed cell lines treated with type IV collagenase.
Qutrit geometric discord
Creators: name: Jakobczyk, Lech
name: Frydryszak, Andrzej
name: Lugiewicz, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the paper we study the notion of trace norm geometric discord in the system of two qutrits. We compute this quantity for some class of states including qutrit Bell states, Werner states and bound entangled states.
description: Published version
Longitudinal analysis of the association between home modifications and functional disability among older adults
Creators: name: Bayliss, William
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Purpose:  As the U.S. population ages and older adults increasingly expect to “age in place,” the need for long-term care is expected to rise and the demand for home- and community-based supports is expected to rise. However, limitations in physical functioning are a major barrier to aging-in place for many older adults. Evidence suggests that assistive home modifications, including modifications to improve safety and mobility within the home, can help improve physical functioning among older adults. This study will aim to examine the association between home modifications and decline in physical functioning or risk of falls over time among older Americans.Methods: Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, this study examines the association between obtaining at least one home modification and decline in function, incidence of falls, and likelihood of having a fall with injury over time. A total of 5,694 community-dwelling older adults were included in the study sample. Logistic regression was used to estimate individual-level characteristics associated with obtaining a home modification, and fixed-effects regressions were used to estimate the association between having a home modification and limitations in performing activities of daily living (ADLs), number of falls, and likelihood of having a fall with injury.Results: People who were older, female, had worse self-reported health, and not renting their residence were more likely to obtain assistive home modifications. Home modifications were associated with having difficulty with more ADLs and more falls. Having safety-related modifications was associated with worse falls-related outcomes compared to mobility-related modifications.  Conclusions: This study suggests that older adults who obtain home modifications experience more decline in physical function and falls over time. This estimated association likely represents confounding between the timing of declines in functional status and subsequent home modifications to prevent further decline, rather than a true negative effect of home modifications on health. Further research and more detailed data will be needed to determine the long-term effects of home modifications on functional status, falls, and other outcomes that may impair the ability of older adults to age in place. The results of this analysis also indicate that individuals who obtain home modifications are in worse overall health, suggesting that they may benefit from other interventions and supports.
DECOLONIZATION AND HYBRIDITY: A STUDY OF THE WORKS OF WOLE SOYINKA
Creators: name: MAHAL, RAMANDEEP
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 200302 English Language
subject: FOS: Languages and literature

description: The proposed study will concentrate upon the theme of decolonization and hybridity issues in Wole Soyinka’s plays like The Road, Death and the King’s Horseman, Kongi’s Harvest, The Swamp Dwellers and The Lion and the Jewel. A country like Africa, rich in its heritage, and liberated from the fetters of colonialism, offers a wonderful leitmotif for theater. Wole Soyinka is a proper representative of Nigeria, a country which has witnessed several political upheavals. His country with its varied social and communal patterns provides the suitable canvas for his plays. The ambiance is imbued with traditionalism. Under this layer, one finds a stringent human sub stratum. His plays throw a flood of light on the high drama of life. Traditional ideas blend with new ideas. Men make a bid to welcome ideas from the west. The traditional ideas are offered a fresh lease of life, with this amalgamation of the old and the new. A variegated canvas like this constitutes the backbone of Wole Soyinka’s plays.
title: Setting the stage
Creators: name: Hamilton, Doug
name: Márquez, Pedro
name: Agger-Gupta, Niels
Publisher: name: Royal Roads University
Year: 2016
Subjects: Teaching
Learning
Education, Higher
Royal Roads University

description: In the first part of this chapter, we describe the attributes of institutional education frameworks, explore the reasons why such frameworks exist, and articulate the benefits of developing them. Next, we present the Royal Roads University Learning and Teaching Model (2013) as an example of an institutional framework and describe the model’s rationale, core characteristics, development process, and some of the key lessons learned in its implementation.
Entangling polaritons via dynamical Casimir effect in circuit quantum electrodynamics
Creators: name: Rossatto, D. Z.
name: Felicetti, S.
name: Eneriz, H.
name: Rico, E.
name: Sanz, M.
name: Solano, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate how the dynamical Casimir effect can entangle quantum systems in different coupling regimes of circuit quantum electrodynamics, and show the robustness of such entanglement generation against dissipative effects with current technology. We consider two qubit-resonator systems, which are coupled by a SQUID driven with an external magnetic field, and explore the entire range of coupling regimes between each qubit and its respective resonator. In this scheme, we derive a semianalytic explanation for the entanglement generation between both superconducting qubits when they are coupled to their resonators in the strong coupling regime. For the ultrastrong and deep strong coupling regimes, we design feasible protocols to generate maximally-entangled polaritonic states.
description: Updated version
title: Fulvene — Isomere benzoider Verbindungen
Creators: name: Hafner, Klaus
name: Häfner, K. H.
name: König, C.
name: Kreuder, M.
name: Ploß, G.
name: Schulz, Günter
name: Sturm, E.
name: Vöpel, G. H.
Publisher: name: Wiley
Year: 2023

description: In ihrem Bindungszustand und ihrer Reaktivität nehmen die Fulvene eine Mittelstellung zwischen den ihnen isomeren benzoiden Verbindungen und den Olefinen ein. In Abhängigkeit von den Substituenten am exocyclischen C-Atom bestimmen der Diencharakter des gekreuzt konjugierten Systems oder die cyclische Konjugation im fünfgliedrigen Ring das chemische und physikalische Verhalten der Fulvene. Neben einigen neuen Substitutionsreaktionen werden besonders Synthesen und Reaktionen von den mit Anilinen und Phenolen isomeren 6-Amino- und 6-Hydroxy-fulvenen beschrieben. Derivate dieser Verbindungen ermöglichen die Darstellung neuartiger nichtbenzoider, cyclisch konjugierter Systeme wie carbo- und hetero-cyclischer Azulene, Pseudoazulene, Thiepine, Dihydropyridazine und des s-Indacens.
Global Holdout Pre-Analysis Plan
Creators: name: Zhang, Kelly
name: Messing, Solomon
name: Allen, Jennifer
name: Beasley, Andrew
name: Aggarwal, Minali
name: Frankowski, Dan
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Political Science
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This pre-analysis plan (PAP) builds on our standard operating procedure (SOP) for analysis of “Barometer” experiments running from January to November 2020. This analysis focuses on the global holdout that we set up in March 2020. Voters in the holdout did not receive ads from our STG Persuasion or Turnout programs. The goal of the final global holdout analysis is to measure the cumulative effects of STG Persuasion and STG Turnout Programs. In particular, we aim to understand whether either program had an effect on verified vote.
title: Additional value of contrast injection in brain MRI of patients with epilepsy
Creators: name: Iranpour, Pooya
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Congenital
subject: Arteriovenous malformations
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: INTRODUCTION As defined by international league against epilepsy and the national Bureau for epilepsy (IBE) in 2005, epilepsy is characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures. History of at least one episode of seizure...
Examining Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Negative Self and Social Evaluation in Adolescent Girls
Creators: name: Govender, Theemeshni
name: Chavez, Samantha
name: Flournoy, John
name: Cheng, Theresa
name: Donaldson, Sarah
name: Allen, Nicholas
name: Pfeifer, Jennifer
name: Byrne, Michelle
name: Kim, Olivia
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Developmental Psychology
subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Prior research has examined fear of negative evaluation in the context of social anxiety, with the impact it has on self-referential processing and social evaluation being largely understudied. To examine this gap in literature, we utilized a self and social evaluative task that was administered to a sample of adolescent girls (N = 70). In this task, participants were asked to create a three-minute introduction video where they describe themselves. These videos were later cut into short 10-20 second clips. Additionally, participants were told that “another girl” (a confederate) their age had created a similar video and while they are in a MRI scanner, their screens would either be connected with the other girls’, meaning they would both be watching the same clip at the same time, or their screens would be disconnected, meaning they would be watching their own clips. Participants were also asked to complete a questionnaire that measures fear of negative evaluation and a brief questionnaire asking what they thought of their own video. This study looks at the association between fear of negative evaluation and change in neural activity when the “other girl” and participant are both viewing the participants’ video compared to when the participant is viewing their own video. We expect a difference in activation of cortical midline structures (CMS) between these two conditions, with the magnitude of this contrast being explained by individual differences in fear of negative evaluation. While we specifically expect to see differences in CMS, we will perform a whole-brain exploratory analysis to extract group-level ROIs that reflect differences in self vs. other evaluation. These ROIs will be interrogated to look at individual differences in the correlation between fear of negative evaluation and mean BOLD response. Understanding the difference in neural mechanisms between social and self-evaluation has implications for adolescent emotional and psychosocial development.
Determinants of Cost of Capital: Kenyan context
Creators: name: Kengere, George Onyiego
name: Njagi, Manasseh
name: Kamau, Charles
name: Chonga, Patricia Luvuno
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Finance
Financial econometrics
Financial institutions (incl. banking)

description: The purpose of this paper was to look at the determinants of the cost of capital for a firm. The study conducted a literature review with the goal of identifying the factors that influence the cost of capital for a firm. The research showed that profitability, liquidity, tax, growth, size, and age of the company are among the major determinants that influence the cost of capital for a firm. Further the research showed a positive correlation between the cost of capital and profitability, liquidity, growth, size, and age of the company. The capital arrangement of a firm is determined on account of the pecking order theory and trade-off theory while bearing in mind the cost elements associated with it. In Kenya, economic stability and political stability are the primary determinants that determine the cost of capital for a firm. This determining factor influences the availability and cost of credit offered by financial institutions in Kenya.
title: Prevalence of sarcoid-like reaction on 18F-FDG PET-CT in head and neck cancer patients
Creators: name: Sonoda, Luke
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Ear / Nose / Throat
subject: Head and neck
subject: Thorax
subject: PET-CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Cancer
subject: Inflammation

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Sarcoid-like reaction (SLR) is a well-documented benign inflammatory cause of nodal FDG-uptake in cancer patients, and it needs to be differentiated from active metastatic disease. This study aimed to demonstrate the prevalence of SLR in head & neck...
Telomere retrograde: Hawthorn applications to known function of the oxygen exhange in blood, telomere extension and gene expression.
Creators: name: CANO, ABRAHAM
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

description: Telomere retrograde: Hawthorn applications to known function of the oxygen exhange in blood, telomere extension and gene expression.
Additional file 1 of Glomerulonephritis during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: scoping review
Creators: name: Forster, Adam
name: Sabur, Natasha
name: Iqbal, Ali
name: Vaughan, Stephen
name: Thomson, Benjamin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1