cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
THE ROLE OF VISCUM ALBUM (AFRICAN MISTLETOE) AS AN ANTICANCER AGENT ON HUMAN CELL LINES(MCF-7 , HELA CELL AND VERO CELL LINE ).AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROPOSAL.
Creators: name: RAIMI, SUNDAY
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321101
subject: Cancer cell biology

description: This research investigates the anticancer potential of Viscum album (African mistletoe) on three different human cell lines: MCF-7 (breast cancer cells), HeLa (cervical cancer cells), and Vero (normal kidney cells). The study focuses on examining the plant’s cytotoxic effects, which may help in the discovery of alternative or complementary cancer treatments.The objective is to evaluate how Viscum album extracts interact with cancerous and non-cancerous cells, determining whether it selectively targets cancer cells (MCF-7 and HeLa) while sparing normal cells (Vero).The findings could reveal the potential of Viscum album as a natural, plant-based anticancer agent, especially for breast and cervical cancers, while providing insights into its safety for normal cells.The overall conclusion of this research on Viscum album (African mistletoe) as an anticancer agent suggests that the plant extract demonstrates significant anticancer activity by inhibiting the growth of cancer cells (MCF-7 and HeLa), inducing apoptosis, and potentially causing cell cycle arrest.Its low toxicity to normal cells (Vero) highlights its selectivity, making it a promising candidate for further research and development as a natural cancer treatment options.
PRODUTO- CRIAÇÃO DE CARTILHA COM ORIENTAÇÕES PARA PROFISSIONAIS DE SAÚDE NO ATENDIMENTO À PESSOAS COM DEFICIÊNCIAS
Creators: name: Teixeira, Sabrina Torres
name: Anna Flávia Castro dos Santos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Cartilha criada atráves de um projeto integrador na Turma de Recepcionistas em Serviços de Saúde, com a finalidade de ressaltar a importância da inclussão e trazer dicas na melhoria do atendimento.
Voices of Authority: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Democratisation of Heritage Narratives in York’s Urban Landscape, 2014-2018
Creators: name: Nakonecznyj, Taras
Publisher: name: Leeds Beckett University
Year: 2023

description: Heritage, by its nature, is a multidisciplinary practice and thus has no singular defining academic approach. This thesis takes a mixed methods approach to investigate the utilisation and formation of heritage narratives within an urban context. To ground this work, the thesis utilises a case study of the city of York, England, to explore the variety of mechanisms and processes used across varying levels of society to construct historical narratives. This research looks to decentre and disrupt existing ‘official narratives’ produced and supported by city institutions by investigating alternative narratives and approaches. As such, the thesis formulates a broad understanding of the current forms of governance within the city, primarily the York Civic Trust and York City Council, to utilise the material culture of York through its archaeological finds and architecture in order to market an exported tourist narrative of York. Contrasting this more traditional interpretation of heritage within the urban context, the thesis draws on more grassroots and bottom-up approaches of heritage engagement at both a community and individual level as a form of democratised engagement. As such, approaches towards constructing and selling an official heritage narrative for the city’s heritage are juxtaposed with discussions of community-led performances, social media-based forms of collection nostalgia and the practice of urban exploration. Underpinning this examination is a core investigation of the methodological approach to studying these heritage narratives. The thesis thus advocates incorporating more person-centred emotional data in analysing public participation in heritage and, consequently, in helping to further the development of heritage studies more broadly as a multidisciplinary field.
Additional file 1: of Effects of physical activity and exercise on the cognitive function of patients with Alzheimer disease: a meta-analysis
Creators: name: Jia, Rui-xia
name: Liang, Jing-hong
name: Xu, Yong
name: Wang, Ying-quan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Science Policy

description: PRISMA 2009 Checklist. (PDF 217 kb)
Studies on the Importance of Critical Raw Materials for Long-term and Safe Operation of Nuclear Power Plants
Creators: name: Naydenov, Ivaylo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: critical raw materials, long-term operation of NPPs

description: Report from a Short Term Research Mission undertaken for the period 01-28 February 2017 in Centro de

ímica Estrutural (CQE), Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
The public health nurse in the school
Creators: name: Nordean, Lois
Publisher: name: University of Oregon
Year: 1932
Subjects: Public Health
School Nursing
Schools, Nursing
Child
Child Health

description: We have found that the health of the school child is one of the foremost objectives of any educational system. The nurse has a very important place in reaching this goal. The nurse must keep records that are complete and that should be continuous in that they should follow the child from one school to another. We have also seen that there cannot be a satisfactory school health program without a satisfactory maternity program. Districts, both rural and urban, should be small enough and the nursing personnel adequate to allow one nurse to carry both of these and all of the rest that goes to make up a well-rounded public health program.
title: The Perception and Analysis of Authentic Graphical Elements : An Empirical Study of Perceptual Skills and Analytical Tasks That Affect Graphicacy
Creators: name: Borman, Derek G.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: In this study , the idea that authenticity should be integral to graphicacy research was advanced. That is, graphicacy researchers should use graphical stimuli that most closely approximate graphs as they might be encountered in the real world (i.e., in text books, newspapers, journals, etc.). It was contended that because of the lack of task authenticity and experimental control inherent in past studies of the analytical tasks and perceptual skills underlying graph reading, there was a need for further study of these issues . To this end, a 24-item graphicacy test was devised, such that key graphical elements and specifiers were more tightly controlled across test items and more closely approximated graphs as they might appear in a real-world setting.
An analysis of data revealed strong support for the independence of analytical tasks and basic perceptual skills, when single test items were considered . However, when the data from basic perceptual skills were collapsed across analytical tasks, there was moderate performance overlap among the different perceptual skills. When analytical tasks were collapsed across perceptual skills, there was little performance overlap among analytical tasks.
The other critical issue that was studied was the ranking of basic perceptual skills and analytical tasks according to the judgment accuracy associated with them . When all factors are taken into account, this study's ranking of basic perceptual skills was inconsistent with the predictions of the basic perceptual skills model. Conversely, this study's ranking of analytical tasks was moderately supportive of the analytical tasks model. In addition to (and in light of) other analyses performed and explanations rendered, alternative, more compact conceptions of analytical tasks and perceptual skills were advanced as well as the conclusion that when the levels of authenticity and experimental control are increased, the basic perceptual skills model may not predict graph reading in a satisfactory way.
Planar Chirality of Plasmonic Multi-Split Rings
Creators: name: Arnaut, L. R
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop an analytical framework for the analysis of planar chiral multi-split rings, based on a Fourier series expansion of the induced current. The number, width, and location of each split (gap) is arbitrary. Provision is made for the possibility of inserting lumped active or passive impedance loads in the gaps. The model demonstrates the hallmark of planar chirality and its consequent magneto-electric coupling as a function of the parameters of the splits and impedance loads. It is demonstrated that impedance loads sequenced in a clockwise or anti-clockwise fashion allow for generation of dissymetric current distributions in the plane, like for geometric (structural) chirality. We also determine the effect of planar chirality on the relevant dyadic polarizability components of a split ring. Reflection and transmission coefficient characteristics of regular arrays of such rings are determined with the aid of the periodic method of moments. Phase-coherent detection of the sense of handedness and incoherent detection of planar chirality per se by measurement of the field intensity are shown to be possible, in both the reflection and transmission characteristics. These results are relevant to both coherent and incoherent detection at optical and suboptical wavelengths.
description: accepted for publication in J. Optics A: Pure & Applied Optics 2009 (Special Issue)
Improving user satisfaction of websites using data mining
Creators: name: Hajarian, Mohammad
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Software
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper author has reviewed and analyzed the findings of recent study that has been conducted on the social network members using online survey before and after implementing data mining to show relevant advertisement to the website members. The findings of this research suggests that after implementing data mining to show relevant advertisement to the users , the website users’ satisfaction rate will improve. In this paper author used different type of diagrams to show and compare the findings.
Let's work together - Guide to developing and sustaining user involvement in mental health care in South Eastern Europe
Creators: name: Aleksic, Mina
name: Majstorovic, Tihana
name: Zebic, Mirjana
name: Setic, Remzija
name: Jovanovic, Nikolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: "Let's work together - Guide to developing and sustaining user involvement in mental health care in South Eastern Europe" is a booklet to be used by mental health service users, their families, mental health care professionals and others interested in advancing mental health care. It provides recommendations about how to establish and sustain user led organisations in South Eastern Europe.
An attempt to study ionizing radiation fronts in Cs vapour
Creators: name: Zawadzki, Janusz Andrew
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Criteria are developed for the design of an experiment to study steady radiation fronts in Cs vapor. According to these criteria, a pulsed light source of supposedly sufficient intensity (≃10²²photons/cm²-sec) and pulse length (≃90ys) was built, and an absorption tube for Cs vapor inside an oven was developed (through several models) which produced a maximum absorber density of ≃10¹⁸particles/cm³. Light and electrical probe measurements were carried out to detect ionizing radiation fronts in the cesium. While the light measurements were inconclusive due to stray light problems, the probe measurements showed that photoionization takes place but at a much lower rate than expected. A subsequent study of the light source confirmed that indeed the light source, a constricted capillary arc, driven by a 90μs square current pulse, has a much lower intensity in the test section of the absorption tube than is required to drive a front. The low intensity of this light pulse rendered the initial aim of the experiment namely the study of steady ionization fronts in cesium vapor, unattainable with the available apparatus.
Building a control sample for galaxy pairs
Creators: name: Perez, Josefa
name: Tissera, Patricia
name: Blaizot, Jeremy
name: .
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Several observational works have attempted to isolate the effects of galaxy interactions by comparing galaxies in pairs with isolated galaxies. However, different authors have proposed different ways to build these so-called control samples (CS). By using mock galaxy catalogues of the SDSS-DR4 built up from the Millennium Simulation, we explore how the way of building a CS might introduce biases which could affect the interpretation of results. We make use of the fact that the physics of interactions is not included in the semianalytic model, to infer that any difference between the mock control and pair samples can be ascribed to selection biases. Thus, we find that galaxies in pairs artificially tend to be older and more bulge-dominated, and to have less cold gas and different metallicities than their isolated counterparts. Also because of a biased selection, galaxies in pairs tend to live in higher density environments, and in haloes of larger masses. We find that imposing constraints on redshift, stellar masses and local densities diminishes the selection biases by ~70%. Based on these findings, we suggest observers how to build an unique and unbiased CS in order to reveal the effect of galaxy interactions.
description: Accepted for publicacion in MNRAS; 9 pages, 9 figures
Uncovering the Origins of Spiral Structure by Measuring Radial Variation in Pattern Speeds
Creators: name: Meidt, Sharon E.
name: Rand, Richard J.
name: Merrifield, Michael R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Current theories of spiral and bar structure predict a variety of pattern speed behaviors, calling for detailed, direct measurement of the radial variation of pattern speeds. Our recently developed Radial Tremaine-Weinberg (TWR) method allows this goal to be achieved for the first time. Here we present TWR spiral pattern speed estimates for M101, IC 342, NGC 3938 and NGC 3344 in order to investigate whether spiral structure is steady or winding, whether spirals are described by multiple pattern speeds, and the relation between bar and spiral speeds. Where possible, we interpret our pattern speeds estimates according to the resonance radii associated with each (established with the disk angular rotation), and compare these to previous determinations. By analyzing the high-quality HI and CO data cubes available for these galaxies, we show that it is possible to determine directly multiple pattern speeds within these systems, and hence identify the characteristic signatures of the processes that drive the spiral structure. Even this small sample of galaxies reveals a surprisingly complex taxonomy, with the first direct evidence for the presence of resonant coupling of multiple patterns found in some systems, and the measurement of a simple single pattern speed in others. Overall, this study demonstrates that we are now in a position to uncover more of the apparently complex physics that lies behind spiral structure.
description: 15 pages in emulateapj format, 12 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Selmer varieties for curves with CM Jacobians
Creators: name: Coates, John
name: Kim, Minhyong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11G30; 11R23

description: We study the Selmer variety associated to a canonical quotient of the $\Q_p$-pro-unipotent fundamental group of a smooth projective curve of genus at least two defined over $\Q$ whose Jacobian decomposes into a product of abelian varieties with complex multiplication. Elementary multi-variable Iwasawa theory is used to prove dimension bounds, which, in turn, lead to a new proof of Diophantine finiteness over $\Q$ for such curves.
From A to Z': Combining Anomaly and Z' Mediation of Supersymmetry Breaking
Creators: name: Paz, Gil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Combining anomaly with Z' mediation allows us to solve the tachyonic slepton problem of the former and avoid fine tuning in the latter. We describe how the two mechanisms can be combined, and some of the phenomenology of such a joint scenario.
description: Talk given at the 17th International Conference On Supersymmetry And The Unification Of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY 09), 5-10 Jun 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Susceptibility to and correction of azimuthal aberrations in singular light beams
Creators: name: Boruah, B R
name: Neil, M a a
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show how the effects of azimuthal optical aberrations on singular light beams can result in an intensity modulation in the beam waist or focal point spread function (PSF) that is directly proportional to the amplitude of the applied phase aberration. The resulting distortions are enough to significantly degrade the utility of the singular beams even in well corrected optical systems. However we show that pattern of these intensity modulations is related to the azimuthal order of the applied aberration and we suggest how this can be used to measure those aberrations. We demonstrate a closed loop system using a liquid crystal spatial light modulator as a programmable diffractive optical element to both generate the beam and correct for the sensed aberrations based on feedback from a CCD detected intensity image of the focal point spread function.
title: Προσρόφηση μίγματος βαρέων μετάλλων από υδατικά διαλύματα σε φυσικώς και χημικώς τροποποιημένα βιοεξανθρακώματα φλοιού αμυγδάλου
title: Adsorption of mixture of heavy metals from aqueous solutions on physically and chemically modified biochars from almond shell
Creators: name: Σδουκου Ελενη
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2023

description: Σκοπός της μεταπτυχιακής εργασίας ήταν η προσρόφηση Sr, Mn, Pb και As, από υδατικά διαλύματα, με χρήση ενεργοποιημένου με ατμό  βιο-εξανθρακώματος, που προήλθε από πυρόλυση φλοιού αμυγδάλου, στους 700˚C. Το βιο-εξανθράκωμα υπέστη και χημική ενεργοποίηση με MgCl2• 6H2O, Zn(NO3)2 •4H2O και παιπάλη. Mελετήθηκε η κινητική της προσρόφησης και τα ισόθερμα μοντέλα Langmuir και Freundlich. Τα πειράματα προσρόφησης διακρίθηκαν σε (α) μονομεταλλικά συστήματα,  (β) πολυμεταλλικά συστήματα και (γ) σε συτήματα προσρόφησης του τροποποιημένου βιο-εξανθρακώματος, για το As.
Τα πειραματικά δεδομένα του μη τροποποιημένου βιο-εξανθρακώματος για την προσρόφηση του Sr και του Mn, προσομοιάστηκαν καλύτερα από το ισόθερμο μοντέλο του Langmuir, με δοσολογία προσροφητή 4g/L, έχοντας μέγιστη ικανότητα προσρόφησης 11.8 mg/g και 14.3 mg/g αντίστοιχα. Η προσρόφηση του Pb και του As, προσομοιάστηκε καλύτερα από το μοντέλο του Freundlich, με δοσολογία προσροφητή 4g/L και μέγιστη προσροφητική ικανότητα 38.3 mg/g και 12.5 mg/g αντίστοιχα. Στην ταυτόχρονη προσρόφηση των μετάλλων, το μοντέλο που προσομοίασε καλύτερα τα πειραματικά δεδομένα για την προσρόφηση του Sr και του As, ήταν του Freundlich με δοσολογία προσροφητή 2g/L και  μέγιστη ικανότητα προσρόφησης 36.7 mg/g και 53.9 mg/g αντίστοιχα, ενώ η ρόφηση του Mn και του Pb, προσομοιάστηκε καλύτερα από το μοντέλο του Langmuir, με δοσολογία προσροφητή 2g/L και μέγιστη ικανότητα προσρόφησης 24.2 mg/g και 49.7 mg/g αντίστοιχα. Στην ρόφηση του As από το τροποποιημένο βιο-εξανθράκωμα με MgCl2 • 6H2O, Zn(NO3)2 •4H2O και παιπάλη, το μοντέλο του Freundlich προσομοίασε καλύτερα τα δεδομένα, με δοσολογία προσροφητή 2g/L και μέγιστη ικανότητα προσρόφησης 27.9 mg/g, 30.9 mg/g και 52.8 mg/g αντίστοιχα.
The Light-Time Effect in the Algol-Type Eclipsing Binary UZ Sagittae
Creators: name: Liakos, A.
name: Niarchos, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: New times of minima of the Algol-type eclipsing binary UZ Sge, obtained at the Athens University Observatory, have been used together with all reliable timings found in the literature in order to study the period variation and search for the presence of a third body in the system. Its O-C diagram is presented and apparent period changes are discussed with respect to possible Light-Time Effect (LITE) in the system. A least square method has been used to compute new light elements (updated ephemeris of binary) as well as the mass function, its minimum mass and the period of a possible third body.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures, contribution to the conference proceedings: 5th SREAC's meeting: Latest progess in Astrophysics, Athens, Hellas, 5-6 Oct.2007
Deep wide-field GMRT surveys at 610 MHz
Creators: name: Green, D. A.
name: Garn, T. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The GMRT has been used to make deep, wide-field surveys of several fields at 610 MHz, with a resolution of about 5 arcsec. These include the Spitzer Extragalactic First Look Survey field, where 4 square degrees were observed with a r.m.s. sensitivity of about 30 microJy/beam, and several SWIRE fields (namely the Lockman Hole, ELAIS-N1 and N2 fields) covering more than 20 square degrees with a sensitivity of about 80 microJy beam or better. The analysis of these observations, and some of the science results are described.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures; to appear in proceedings of "Low Frequency Radio Universe" conference (Pune, India, 8-12 December 2008)
Formation of positronium in helium gas
Creators: name: Albrecht, Robert Stephen
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The formation of positronium in helium gas under an applied electric field has been investigated in order to derive a value for the momentum-transfer cross section, (σ m, of positrons on helium atoms. The major increase in positronium formation was noticed at Ɛ/D's of 60 V cmˉ¹ amagatsˉ¹ . Ɛ/D values up to 100 V cm-¹ amagatsˉ¹ were obtained. A minor increase in positronium formation was found at 30 V cm-¹ amagatsˉ¹ and was attributed to impurities in the helium gas, specifically N₂, 0₂ and/or H₂. Using the theory of Teutsch and Hughes a value of σ m of (0.25±0.03) π a ₀² was found by fitting to the upper increase. This corresponds to positron energies near 17.7 eV. Although the theory is sensitive to the positronium formation cross section, the combined effect of impurities and counting statistics left this parameter undefined. A fit was made to the lower positronium formation increase under the assumption that this increase is due entirely to the impurity atoms, whereas the positron velocity distribution is due to the helium atoms. This gave a value for the positronium threshold for the impurities of 8 ±1 e V.
Variability type classification of multi-epoch surveys
Creators: name: Eyer, L.
name: Jan, A.
name: Dubath, P.
name: Nienartowicz, K.
name: Blomme, J.
name: Debosscher, J.
name: De Ridder, J.
name: Lopez, M.
name: Sarro, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The classification of time series from photometric large scale surveys into variability types and the description of their properties is difficult for various reasons including but not limited to the irregular sampling, the usually few available photometric bands, and the diversity of variable objects. Furthermore, it can be seen that different physical processes may sometimes produce similar behavior which may end up to be represented as same models. In this article we will also be presenting our approach for processing the data resulting from the Gaia space mission. The approach may be classified into following three broader categories: supervised classification, unsupervised classifications, and "so-called" extractor methods i.e. algorithms that are specialized for particular type of sources. The whole process of classification- from classification attribute extraction to actual classification- is done in an automated manner.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures. Version with figures as sent to the Editor/AIP (though not as published). Minor corrections made
Brownian Dynamics of charged particles in a constant magnetic field
Creators: name: Hou, L. J.
name: Mišković, Z. L.
name: Piel, A.
name: Shukla, P. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Numerical algorithms are proposed for simulating the Brownian dynamics of charged particles in an external magnetic field, taking into account the Brownian motion of charged particles, damping effect and the effect of magnetic field self-consistently. Performance of these algorithms is tested in terms of their accuracy and long-time stability by using a three-dimensional Brownian oscillator model with constant magnetic field. Step-by-step recipes for implementing these algorithms are given in detail. It is expected that these algorithms can be directly used to study particle dynamics in various dispersed systems in the presence of a magnetic field, including polymer solutions, colloidal suspensions and, particularly complex (dusty) plasmas. The proposed algorithms can also be used as thermostat in the usual molecular dynamics simulation in the presence of magnetic field.
description: 29 pages, 12 figures
Superconductivity close to the charge-density-wave instability
Creators: name: Bakrim, H.
name: Bourbonnais, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the weak coupling renormalization group method to examine the interplay between charge-density-wave and s-wave superconducting orders in a quasi-one-dimensional model of electrons interacting with acoustic phonons. The relative stability of both types of order is mapped out at arbitrary nesting deviations and Debye phonon frequency $ω_D$. We singled out a power law increase of the superconducting $T_c\sim ω_D^{0.7}$ from a quantum critical point of charge-density-wave order triggered by nesting alterations. The results capture the key features shown by the proximity between the two types of ordering in the phase diagram of the recently discovered Perylene based organic superconductor under pressure. The impact of Coulomb interaction on the relative stability of the competing phases is examined and discussed in connection with the occurrence of s-wave superconductivity in low dimensional charge-density-wave materials.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
title: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Knowledge and Practices: A Survey of Pediatricians and Family Practice Physicians
Creators: name: Spielmans, Kara L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood disorder often treated by pediatricians or family practice physicians. ADHD knowledge held by treating physicians may be an important predictor in patient outcomes. This study examined ADHD knowledge and common assessment and treatment practices of pediatricians and family practice physicians via a national survey sent to members of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Mailings included the Knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorders Scale--Revised (KADDS-R) arid a demographic/practice questionnaire. Although both physician types reported utilizing assessment and treatment methods consistent with current ADHD practice guidelines, findings suggested that pediatricians had greater ADHD knowledge than did family physicians. Physicians who had completed a behavioral pediatric rotation or training specific to ADHD had greater knowledge than physicians who had not done so. The number of new ADHD evaluations conducted monthly was also related to ADHD knowledge. Implications for future research examining ADHD knowledge, training, and outcomes are discussed.
title: Yoga as an Intervention for Stress Reduction and Enhanced Wellbeing in African American Athletes
Creators: name: Fallon, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2008

description: This study explored the preventive impact of a brief Hat ha yoga program on stress-reduction and enhanced wellbeing in a sample of healthy African American college athletes. African Americans suffer higher rates of hypertension and sudden cardiac death syndrome, both linked to stress. Study design was single case, with six replications, utilizing comparison of pre- and post-intervention scores on physiological and psychological indicators of distress and wellbeing. Findings were inconsistent across participants and measures, though generally included beneficial increases in positive affect (i.e ., C = 0.567 , Z = 2 071, p < 0.05) and perceived physical health (i.e., C = 0489 , Z = 1. 721, p < 0.05). Increased fatigue over the course of the semester may have confounded results. Given the brevity and cost-effectiveness of the intervention, limited positive results suggest more intensive studies are warranted.
title: Efficacy of a Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Weight Loss in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Creators: name: Wickersham, Kathy
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing across all sociodemographic groups. Obesity and overweight are major risk factors in the development of the disease and in the development of complications. Conversely, weight loss improves glycemic control, which reduces likelihood of complications. Interventions combining cognitive and behavioral components show promise in addressing the problem of weight loss maintenance. The objective of this study was to test the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral intervention. Participants were 54 adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes randomly assigned to either a treatment group or a control. The assessment measures utilized in this study were the Diabetes Care Profile, the Short Form 36, and the Diabetes Empowerment Scale. Specific outcomes measured included Body Mass Index (BMI), weight, and glycosolated hemoglobin.
A repeated measures analysis of variance revealed significant weight loss and reduction in BMI. Treatment effects on BMI and weight were sustained at 2-month follow-up.
title: An Examination of the Structure of Affect in a Sample of Inpatient Adolescents
Creators: name: Veeder, Marietta A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: Multiple studies investigating the validity of the tripartite model of affect in youth have been supportive of the model; however, few studies have examined the model in narrow age bands or large clinical samples. The current study examined the structure of affect in a sample of psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Structural equation modeling was used to examine two-factor (negative affectivity [NA] and positive affectivity [PA]) and three-factor models (NA, PA, and physiological hyperarousal [PH]) with item level data from the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS) and Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS), and from the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI), RADS, and RCMAS. Analyses were completed for the overall sample and for depressive, anxiety, comorbid depression, and anxiety, and other diagnostic groups.
With data from the RADS and RCMAS, both the two- and three-factor models provided an equally good fit to the data for the overall sample. However, when tested for invariance across diagnostic groups, the two-factor model was invariant across groups, while the three-factor model yielded inadmissible solutions for the comorbid group, suggesting the two-factor solution provided the best fit to the data. For the data from the MACI, RADS, and RCMAS, one-, two-, and three-factor models were tested, but it was not possible to identify a model of acceptable fit.
The t tests were used to examine the patterns of construct scores across diagnostic groups to determine if they were consistent with the tripartite model. Using data from the RCMAS and the RADS, the depressive and anxious diagnostic groups demonstrated similarly high levels of NA, while the anxious group demonstrated significantly higher levels of PA than the depressive group. Similar analyses could not be completed for the data from the MACI, RADS, and RCMAS because of the small sample size for the anxious diagnostic group.
While the results of SEM and t-test analyses demonstrate support for the tripartite model and the associated constructs of NA and PA, support was not demonstrated for PH. Results suggest that the tripartite model may be dependent on the instruments used to assess it. Limitations of this study and implications and directions for future research are discussed.
Phase diagram of a two-dimensional lattice gas model of a ramp system
Creators: name: Almarza, Noe G.
name: Capitan, Jose A.
name: Cuesta, Jose A.
name: Lomba, Enrique
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using Monte Carlo Simulation and fundamental measure theory we study the phase diagram of a two-dimensional lattice gas model with a nearest neighbor hard core exclusion and a next-to-nearest neighbors finite repulsive interaction. The model presents two competing ranges of interaction and, in common with many experimental systems, exhibits a low density solid phase, which melts back to the fluid phase upon compression. The theoretical approach is found to provide a qualitatively correct picture of the phase diagram of our model system.
description: 14 pages, 8 figures, uses RevTex4
Effective Field Theory and Projective Construction for the Z_k Parafermion Fractional Quantum Hall States
Creators: name: Barkeshli, Maissam
name: Wen, Xiao-Gang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The projective construction is a powerful approach to deriving the bulk and edge field theories of non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states and yields an understanding of non-Abelian FQH states in terms of the simpler integer quantum Hall states. Here we show how to apply the projective construction to the Z_k parafermion (Laughlin/Moore-Read/Read-Rezayi) FQH states, which occur at filling fraction ν= k/(kM+2). This allows us to derive the bulk low energy effective field theory for these topological phases, which is found to be a Chern-Simons theory at level 1 with a U(M) \times Sp(2k) gauge field. This approach also helps us understand the non-Abelian quasiholes in terms of holes of the integer quantum Hall states.
description: 7 pages
title: Involvement of the fission yeast GATA transcription factor Gaf1 in TOR-dependent stress and nutrient responses
Creators: name: Hillson, Olivia
Publisher: name: The University of East London
Year: 2018

description: The Target of Rapamycin (TOR) pathway is responsible for the growth and metabolic control of a cell, in response to nutrients and stress. This pathway, functioning through distinct protein complexes known as TORCs (TORC1 and TORC2 in yeasts and humans), is highly evolutionarily conserved. This allows for fission yeast, S. pombe, to serve as a model for humans in this study. Understanding genetic control of the TOR pathway is considered to have the potential to present pharmacological and dietary interventions for ageing and age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s and diabetes. In this study, the highly conserved GATA transcription factor Gaf1, orthologue of GATA6 in humans, is investigated for its role in TOR by studying phenotypical and transcriptional differences between wild type and gaf1Δ cells with and without TOR inhibition. The work makes use of microfermentation experiments to determine changes in growth kinetics as well as microarray data to understand gene expression changes that might underpin these phenotypes. The results highlight the need for further investigation in this area by suggesting a complex interplay between TORC1 and TORC2 and implicating Gaf1 in both spatial and temporal aspects of cell growth. The results support recent findings of Gaf1 involvement in ncRNA expression and tRNA binding, but suggest a more complicated involvement with organonitrogen metabolism and nitrogen catabolite repression.
Coalescence theory : strategic management planning in Australian ports
Creators: name: Ronczka, JP
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The primary purpose of this research project was to construct a study of the use of a new theory of Coalescence ('Coalescence Theory' [CT]) applied in a specific business operating environment (BOE) context (sea ports) to facilitate foresight strategic management planning (SMP). This research demonstrates from causality-based questionnaire survey data that, within the context of the Australian ports and the SMP process they use, 'Strategic management planning-Coalescence Theory' (SMP-CT or CT-SMP) has standing in explaining the complex BOE transport and supply chain management interfaces, interactions, reactions and disconformities. Contemporary concepts with SMP are recognised as SMP-CT 'constructs' such as learning board model, the major schools of management thought, corporate profiling, analysis and evaluation and causality of complex processes in strategic decision making. These constructs have been shown to act as a temporal meshing continuum of events and entities within critical decision points that are filtering information and knowledge cubits (information domains) within a BOE Rubik-Schlangen type delivery engine (fusion between human strategists and machine 'assistants' within complex neural networks wisdom abstraction virtual intelligence (WAVI) processes). Further suggested is that SMP-CT provides opportunity for an evolutionary jump in BOE reasoning to wisdom integrated management information system (MIS) and electronic data interchange (EDI) by way of human-machine interfaces (neuro-fuzzy wisdom sub-delivery engines) to achieve business potential. The principles identified to achieve this reasoning to wisdom fusion require a business to: - coordinate the direction of business as a capability to deliver - tailor business continuum to ethos of management - deliver the best possible strategic outcomes and identify future potential - direct delivery of strategic capability, outcomes, and potential -focus on the causality and avoid 'de Montaigne' paradox of strategic businesses capability - drive corporate governance into strategic management planning - scan, diagnostically evaluate and provide foresight of strategic needs and issues - direct foresight strategic outcomes and incorporate benchmarked controls - enable interventions to optimise temporal meshing and capability - determine parts of the business that can most effectively resolve needs and issues. Coalescence Theory-Strategic Management Planning (CT-SMP or SMP-CT) is confirmed as, in a situation where entities, events, actions, reactions, interactions and other influences are interlinking, they will cluster together as a unique construct and then may form a system of unique constructs within a unique, three-dimensional space continuum that is 'gooey-dough-like'.
Neutrino-induced coherent pion production off nuclei reexamined
Creators: name: Leitner, T.
name: Mosel, U.
name: Winkelmann, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is pointed out that so far all theoretical estimates of coherent pion production off nuclei induced by neutrinos rely on the 'local approximation' well known in photonuclear physics. The effects of dropping this approximation are discussed. It is found that in a plane wave approximation for the pion the local approximation overestimates the coherent neutrino-induced pion production on nuclei.
description: v3: comments on pion FSI added, minor corrections; version as published in Phys. Rev. C
title: The Temporal Relationship Between Environmental Factors and Psychological Symptoms in Native American Adolescents
Creators: name: Matt, Georgia Lee
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: Native American youth often experience high rates of environmental risk factors that may put them at increased risk for developing psychological problems, yet research within this high-risk population is severely limited.
The present study was designed to provide information on the rate of psychological symptoms in a sample of Native American youth, and evaluate the impact of environmental factors (risk, protective, and cultural) on psychological disorder symptoms over time. Data were collected with a sample of Native American youth using the Youth Self Report, the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-Adolescent 2, and a researcher-designed Biodemographic Questionnaire.
Findings indicate that clinically significant levels of depression and anxiety from the Native American adolescent sample were similar to levels found in the general population of adolescents, while clinically significant levels of conduct disorder and substance use disorders were higher than rates found in the general population. Findings with respect to the impact of environmental factors indicate that higher scores on the overall risk index were associated with higher levels of all four psychological disorder symptom scales. However, high scores on the protective index were associated with lower levels of depression and conduct disorder symptoms but unrelated to anxiety and substance use. The overall cultural index was unrelated to all four psychological symptom scales. When subscales were examined, only the risk subscales were related to psychological disorder symptoms.
Results from the longitudinal analysis indicated that the risk, protective, and cultural index scores at Time 1, as a group, were predictive of anxiety, conduct disorder, and substance symptoms at Time 2, but unrelated to Time 2 depression scores. However, individually, the three index scores were generally not predictive of psychological symptoms with the exception of a positive association between Time 1 risk index scores and substance symptoms at a later date.
Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows: Biases in the Swift Sample and Characterization of the Absorbers
Creators: name: Fynbo, J. P. U.
name: Jakobsson, P.
name: Prochaska, J. X.
name: Malesani, D.
name: Ledoux, C.
name: Postigo, A. de Ugarte
name: Nardini, M.
name: Vreeswijk, P. M.
name: Wiersema, K.
name: Hjorth, J.
name: Sollerman, J.
name: Chen, H. -W.
name: Thoene, C. C.
name: Bjoernsson, G.
name: Bloom, J. S.
name: Castro-Tirado, A.
name: Christensen, L.
name: De Cia, A.
name: Fruchter, A. S.
name: Gorosabel, J. U.
name: Graham, J. F.
name: Jaunsen, A.
name: Jensen, B. L.
name: Kann, D. A.
name: Kouveliotou, C.
name: Levan, A.
name: Maund, J.
name: Masetti, N.
name: Milvang-Jensen, B.
name: Palazzi, E.
name: Perley, D. A.
name: Pian, E.
name: Rol, E.
name: Schady, P.
name: Starling, R.
name: Tanvir, N.
name: Watson, D. J.
name: Xu, D.
name: Augusteijn, T.
name: Grundahl, F.
name: Telting, J.
name: Quirion, P. -O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: (Abridged). We present a sample of 77 optical afterglows (OAs) of Swift detected GRBs for which spectroscopic follow-up observations have been secured. We provide linelists and equivalent widths for all detected lines redward of Ly-alpha. We discuss to what extent the current sample of Swift bursts with OA spectroscopy is a biased subsample of all Swift detected GRBs. For that purpose we define an X-ray selected sample of Swift bursts with optimal conditions for ground-based follow up from the period March 2005 to September 2008; 146 bursts fulfill our sample criteria. We derive the redshift distribution for this sample and conclude that less than 19% of Swift bursts are at z>7. We compare the high energy properties for three sub-samples of bursts in the sample: i) bursts with redshifts measured from OA spectroscopy, ii) bursts with detected OA, but no OA-based redshift, and iii) bursts with no detection of the OA. The bursts in group i) have significantly less excess X-ray absorption than bursts in the other two groups. In addition, the fraction of dark bursts is 14% in group i), 38% in group ii) and > 39% in group iii). From this we conclude that the sample of GRBs with OA spectroscopy is not representative for all Swift bursts, most likely due to a bias against the most dusty sight-lines. Finally, we characterize GRB absorption systems as a class and compare them to QSO absorption systems, in particular DLAs. On average GRB absorbers are characterized by significantly stronger EWs for HI as well as for both low and high ionization metal lines than what is seen in intervening QSO absorbers. Based on the z>2 bursts in the sample we place a 95% confidence upper limit of 7.5% on the mean escape fraction of ionizing photons from star-forming galaxies.
description: 175 pages, 14 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJS. A full resolution version of the paper can be found here: http://www.astro.ku.dk/~jfynbo/grb_lowres.pdf
Additional file 2: of Plastome phylogenomics of Saussurea (Asteraceae: Cardueae)
Creators: name: Zhang, Xu
name: Deng, Tao
name: Moore, Michael
name: Ji, Yunheng
name: Lin, Nan
name: Zhang, Huajie
name: Meng, Aiping
name: Wang, Hengchang
name: Sun, Yanxia
name: Sun, Hang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Figure S1. The ratio of nonsynonymous and synonymous substitutions (ω, dN/dS) within each protein coding gene, as calculated by CodeML in PAML. Genes with ω > 1 are colored in red. (PDF 1045 kb)
ACOUSTIC
Creators: VALOREM
Publisher: name: Aeris
Year: 2023

3 acoustic measurement positions - with misalignments of blades (pitch) and nacelle (yaw) of the wind turbine - from 8 to 17 March 2023 - near the wind turbine T6 of the wind farm St Hilaire de Chaléons (44) - data ACOUSTIC L50 1min - date SCADA 1min (wind speed and rotation speed) - time = end of minute (10:10=10:09-10:10)