cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Modelling experimentally measured of ciprofloxacin antibiotic diffusion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formed in artificial sputum medium
Creators: name: Kosztolowicz, Tadeusz
name: Metzler, Ralf
name: Wąsik, Slawomir
name: Arabski, Michal
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: We study the experimentally measured ciprofloxacin antibiotic diffusion through a gel-like artificial sputum medium (ASM) mimicking physiological conditions typical for a cystic fibrosis layer, in which regions occupied by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria are present. To quantify the antibiotic diffusion dynamics we employ a phenomenological model using a subdiffusion-absorption equation with a fractional time derivative. This effective equation describes molecular diffusion in a medium structured akin Thompson’s plumpudding model; here the ‘pudding’ background represents the ASM and the ‘plums’ represent the bacterial biofilm. The pudding is a subdiffusion barrier for antibiotic molecules that can affect bacteria found in plums. For the experimental study we use an interferometric method to determine the time evolution of the amount of antibiotic that has diffused through the biofilm. The theoretical model shows that this function is qualitatively different depending on whether or not absorption of the antibiotic in the biofilm occurs. We show that the process can be divided into three successive stages: (1) only antibiotic subdiffusion with constant biofilm parameters, (2) subdiffusion and absorption of antibiotic molecules with variable biofilm transport parameters, (3) subdiffusion and absorption in the medium but the biofilm parameters are constant again. Stage 2 is interpreted as the appearance of an intensive defence build–up of bacteria against the action of the antibiotic, and in the stage 3 it is likely that the bacteria have been inactivated. Times at which stages change are determined from the experimentally obtained temporal evolution of the amount of antibiotic that has diffused through the ASM with bacteria. Our analysis shows good agreement between experimental and theoretical results and is consistent with the biologically expected biofilm response. We show that an experimental method to study the temporal evolution of the amount of a substance that has diffused through a biofilm is useful in studying the processes occurring in a biofilm. We also show that the complicated biological process of antibiotic diffusion in a biofilm can be described by a fractional subdiffusion-absorption equation with subdiffusion and absorption parameters that change over time.
Efficient generation of $N$-photon generalized binomial states in a cavity
Creators: name: Franco, Rosario Lo
name: Compagno, Giuseppe
name: Messina, Antonino
name: Napoli, Anna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Extending a previous result on the generation of two-photon generalized binomial field states, here we propose an efficient scheme to generate with high-fidelity, in a single-mode high-Q cavity, N-photon generalized binomial states with a maximum number of photons N>2. Besides their interest for classical-quantum border investigations, we discuss the applicative usage of these states in realizing universal quantum computation, describing in particular a scheme that performs a controlled-NOT gate by dispersive interaction with a control atom. We finally analyze the feasibility of the proposed schemes, showing that they appear to be within the current experimental capabilities.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures
Cellular Deformations Induced by Conical Silicon Nanowire Arrays Facilitate Gene Delivery
Creators: name: Chen, Y.
name: Aslanoglou, S.
name: Gervinskas, G.
name: Abdelmaksoud, H.
name: Voelcker, N.H.
name: Elnathan, R.
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: biomaterials
subject: cellular deformations
subject: gene delivery
subject: immune cells
subject: silicon nanowires
subject: 620

description: Engineered cell–nanostructured interfaces generated by vertically aligned silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays have become a promising platform for orchestrating cell behavior, function, and fate. However, the underlying mechanism in SiNW-mediated intracellular access and delivery is still poorly understood. This study demonstrates the development of a gene delivery platform based on conical SiNW arrays for mechanical cell transfection, assisted by centrifugal force, for both adherent and nonadherent cells in vitro. Cells form focal adhesions on SiNWs within 6 h, and maintain high viability and motility. Such a functional and dynamic cell–SiNW interface features conformational changes in the plasma membrane and in some cases the nucleus, promoting both direct penetration and endocytosis; this synergistically facilitates SiNW-mediated delivery of nucleic acids into immortalized cell lines, and into difficult-to-transfect primary immune T cells without pre-activation. Moreover, transfected cells retrieved from SiNWs retain the capacity to proliferate—crucial to future biomedical applications. The results indicate that SiNW-mediated intracellular delivery holds great promise for developing increasingly sophisticated investigative and therapeutic tools. © 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Asymptotics of Schwarzschild black hole perturbations
Creators: name: Zenginoglu, Anil
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study linear gravitational perturbations of Schwarzschild spacetime by solving numerically Regge-Wheeler-Zerilli equations in time domain using hyperboloidal surfaces and a compactifying radial coordinate. We stress the importance of including the asymptotic region in the computational domain in studies of gravitational radiation. The hyperboloidal approach should be helpful in a wide range of applications employing black hole perturbation theory.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures; changed title, updated references, matches the published version
Replacing Quantum Feedback with Open-Loop Control and Quantum Filtering
Creators: name: Combes, Joshua
name: Wiseman, Howard M.
name: Scott, A. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Feedback control protocols can stabilize and enhance the operation of quantum devices, however, unavoidable delays in the feedback loop adversely affect their performance. We introduce a quantum control methodology, combining open-loop control with quantum filtering, which is not constrained by feedback delays. For the problems studied (rapid purification and rapid measurement) we analytically derive lower bounds on the control performance that are comparable with the best corresponding bounds for feedback protocols.
description: 5 pages, revtex4, 3 eps figures. Comments welcome. V2 minor corrections, published version.
Additional file 1 of Modeling of lung phenotype of Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome type I using patient-specific iPSCs
Creators: name: Suezawa, Takahiro
name: Kanagaki, Shuhei
name: Korogi, Yohei
name: Nakao, Kazuhisa
name: Hirai, Toyohiro
name: Murakami, Koji
name: Hagiwara, Masatoshi
name: Gotoh, Shimpei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Additional material and methods, Fig. S1. Generation of HPS1 patient-specific iPSCs and their gene-corrected counterparts, related to Fig. 1. (A) Teratoma assay of HPS1 patient-specific iPSCs for evaluating pluripotency. Representative images of hematoxylin and eosin staining: ectoderm, neuronal cells; endoderm, gland lumen; mesoderm, cartilage. (Scale bars: 100 μm) (B) Immunofluorescent imaging of representative undifferentiation markers (NANOG, SOX2, OCT3/4, SSEA-4). (Scale bar: 50 μm) (C) TRA1-60 positive cell rate using flow cytometric analysis. (D) Karyotypes of HPS1 patient-specific iPSCs (clone GM14-18) and their gene-corrected counter parts (clone IR9-3). Fig. S2. Isolation of NKX2-1+EpCAM+ cells using CPM as a surface antigen, related to Fig. 2. (A) Flow cytometric analysis of EpCAM, THY1 and CPM in a control cell line after 21-day stepwise differentiation. (B) Flow cytometric analysis of NKX2-1 and CPM in each cell line. (C) Histogram of EpCAM+ and NKX2-1+ cells sorted based on the expression of CPM using MACS. (D) Expression of marker genes in isolated lung progenitor cells of each cell line evaluated by qRT-PCR normalized to that of human adult lung. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 4 from 4 independent experiments). Fig. S3. Validation of phenotypes observed in patient-specific C-LBOs using HPS1KO A549 cells, related to Fig. 2. (A) Sequence data of wild type (WT) and HPS1 knockout (KO) A549 cells. (B) Verification of HPS1 KO at the protein level by immunoblot. Immunoprecipitation was performed to detect the full-length of HPS1 protein. A549 cell lysate transfected with HA-HPS1 was used as a positive control to detect HPS1. (C) Nonsense mediated decay of HPS1 mRNA in HPS1KO A549 cells determined by qRT-PCR, normalized to that of human adult lung. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 3 from 3 independent experiments). Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test: ***P
Art as ecological communication: An application of site-specific installation art to marine ecosystem degradation
Creators: name: Quon, J
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This research explores the potential of fine art to communicate ideas and values pertaining to ecological issues, in particular the marine ecosystem. The research is founded upon the historical function of art as a social, educative and, at times, activist cultural force. It investigates the potential of a variety of art modalities to fulfil this historical function. The different modalities comprise sculptural installation, large-scale video-based installation and printmaking. In addition to their diversity in terms of media, the majority of the works produced have been site-specific in character. Though presented in settings of vastly differing kinds, the common denominator of each site is that it provides exposure of the work to a broad public audience. Since the notion of art-as-communication is central to the research, the presentation of works in non-gallery, highly-frequented public contexts is an important objective. The major influences on the author's ideas and art practice are described in the exegesis. Some influences are of a personal nature, and are advanced within the paradigm of phenomenology, within which experience and subjectivity is privileged. They include childhood experiences, pivotal encounters with works of art (notably with Anish Kapoor's 1988-89 work, Adam) and powerful underwater experiences. Other influences include ecophilosophy and environmental thought in general, with the fields of 'deep' ecology, ecological spirituality and the ecologically-grounded art theories of Suzi Gablik prominent. The research is underpinned by reference to artists for whom an artistic praxis of social change is central. A number of 'public' artists who have utilised art as a socio-political instrument are addressed, including Joseph Beuys, Shirin Neshat, Krysztof Wodiczko and Jenny Holzer. The ideas of philosopher John Dewey are also considered, particularly his position on the arts' role as a central force within culture: on what Ernst Fischer has described as 'the necessity of art'. The research presents a concept of 'ecological' art which can be differentiated from 'environmental' art conventionally so-called, the latter represented by Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson and Christo. Exemplars of the 'ecological' art proposed include Beuys, Andy Goldsworthy, Jill Peck, and Robert Gschwantner. Each art project has arisen out of partnerships and collaborations forged by the researcher's establishment of strong links with key local, nattonal and international organisations and specific personnel from within the realms of marine science, private industry, local government and the maritime industry. It is posited that this research has contributed not only to broader public awareness of marine-ecological issues, but also to an enhanced appreciation of the significance of contemporary art - and of the contemporary artist- within the community.
title: Review: "Capitalism from Outside? Economic Cultures in Eastern Europe after 1989" / Violetta Zentai, János Mátyás Kovács (ed.). Budapest: Central European University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-615-5211-31-1
Creators: name: Riedel, Rafał
name: Digitale Wissenschaftsplattform Pol-Int (Www.Pol-Int.Org)
Publisher: name: Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt
Year: 2021

description: The volume Capitalism from Outside? Economic Cultures in Eastern Europe after 1989, edited by Janos Matyas Kovacs and Violetta Zentai, offers a set of coordinated case studies from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and South Eastern Europe (SEE), treated as two sub-regions (the Visegrad group and the Balkans). The publication is a result of the long-lasting co-operation of the contributing authors, predominantly in the form of research projects such as DIOSCURI (Eastern Enlargement – Western Enlargement: Cultural Encounters in the European Economy) or earlier ACCESS (After the Accession. The Socio-Economic Cultures of Eastern Europe in the Enlarged Union: An Asset or a Liability?). The authors provide empirical insights into the cultural history of CEE and SEE economies and societies from the past two decades. The applied methodological pluralism, including large value surveys, in-depth interviews, and others, was possible and necessary at the crossroads of anthropology and economics, enriching the scientific discourse with valuable perspectives.
Review of local non-Gaussianity from multi-field inflation
Creators: name: Byrnes, Christian T.
name: Choi, Ki-Young
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review models which generate a large non-Gaussianity of the local form. We first briefly consider three models which generate the non-Gaussianity either at or after the end of inflation; the curvaton scenario, modulated (p)reheating and an inhomogeneous end of inflation. We then focus on ways of generating the non-Gaussianity during inflation. We derive general conditions which a product or sum separable potential must satisfy in order to generate a large local bispectrum during slow-roll inflation. As an application we consider two-field hybrid inflation. We then derive a formalism not based on slow roll which can be applied to models in which the slow-roll parameters become large before inflation ends. An exactly soluble two-field model is given in which this happens. Finally we also consider further non-Gaussian observables; a scale dependence of f_NL and the trispectrum.
description: 22 pages, 2 figures. Invited review for the special issue "Testing the Gaussianity and Statistical Isotropy of the Universe" for Advances in Astronomy. v2: Numerous references and comments added
title: Recenzja: "New Europe's New Development Aid" / Balázs Szent-Iványi, Simon Lightfoot. London: Routledge, 2015. ISBN: 978-0415870344
Creators: name: Skolimowska, Anna
name: Digitale Wissenschaftsplattform Pol-Int (Www.Pol-Int.Org)
Publisher: name: Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt
Year: 2021

description: Recenzowana praca podejmuje zagadnienie specyfiki oraz ewolucji modelu polityki na rzecz rozwoju prowadzonej przez wybrane państwa Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Chodzi tutaj o pięć nowych państw członkowskich Unii Europejskiej (UE): Polskę, Republikę Czeską, Węgry, Słowację oraz Słowenię. Przyjęta przez autorów pracy perspektywa czasowa odnosi się do roku 2004, traktowanego jako początkowy moment, kiedy to we wspomnianych pięciu państwach kształtować zaczynają się założenia ideowe, strukturalne, instytucjonalne oraz prawne podejmowanych działań na rzecz wspierania państw rozwijających się w warunkach członkostwa w UE.
title:  Increased Social Support and Maintained Weight Loss Among Post Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Patients Following a Support and Nutrition-Based Program
Creators: name: McIntosh, Sydney
Publisher: name: University of Kentucky Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3.3
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Obesity, a prevalent health condition nationwide, has now been recognized as a diagnosable chronic health disease. With that prevalence we have seen a rise in obesity-related comorbidities which can be attributed to excess weight. Therefore, to combat obesity and related comorbidities, metabolic and bariatric surgery is becoming a more accepted and utilized treatment for individuals with obesity. Metabolic and bariatric surgery is the most effective and safest treatment for weight loss in individuals with obesity. However, metabolic, and bariatric surgery is a restrictive and/or malabsorptive procedure that requires significant lifestyle changes before and after the procedure. Patients who undergo metabolic and bariatric surgery must adhere to dietary recommendations, have regular physical activity, and have a strong support system. Without clinical support, achieving and maintaining lifestyle changes and adequate weight loss is very difficult. Therefore, the aim of this study was to pilot a 6-session support and nutrition-based program for 1-4 year post-metabolic and bariatric surgery patients to examine weight loss, perceived self-efficacy, and success and acceptability of the program. Implications for future research may include creating a standardized curriculum to support post-metabolic and bariatric surgery patients and influence weight loss.
description: © 2023 Sydney Mae McIntosh
Additional file 1 of Exosome-derived circCCAR1 promotes CD8 + T-cell dysfunction and anti-PD1 resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma
Creators: name: Hu, Zongqiang
name: Chen, Gang
name: Zhao, Yingpeng
name: Gao, Hongqiang
name: Li, Laibang
name: Yin, Yanfeng
name: Jiang, Jie
name: Wang, Li
name: Mang, Yuanyi
name: Gao, Yang
name: Zhang, Shengning
name: Ran, Jianghua
name: Li, Li
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1.
Accelerated expansion of a universe containing a self-interacting Bose-Einstein gas
Creators: name: Izquierdo, German
name: Besprosvany, Jaime
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Acceleration of the universe is obtained from a model of non-relativistic particles with a short-range attractive interaction, at low enough temperature to produce a Bose-Einstein condensate. Conditions are derived for negative-pressure behavior. In particular, we show that a phantom-accelerated regime at the beginning of the universe solves the horizon problem, consistently with nucleosynthesis.
description: 18 pages, 4 figures
title: Recenzja: "Teoria socjologiczna a transformacja społeczeństwa polskiego" / Marek Ziółkowski. Warszawa: Scholar, 2015. ISBN: 978-83-7383-777-5
Creators: name: Bieńkowska, Małgorzata
name: Digitale Wissenschaftsplattform Pol-Int (Www.Pol-Int.Org)
Publisher: name: Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt
Year: 2021

description: Recenzowana praca liczy sobie 295 stron, składa się z trzech części (piętnastu rozdziałów), przedmowy, bibliografii, indeksu nazwisk i informacji o pierwodrukach tekstów zamieszczonych w omawianym tomie. Książka Marka Ziółkowskiego stanowi bowiem zbiór tekstów profesora opublikowanych w przeciągu ponad 30 lat. Jak zaznacza w przedmowie autor zebrane w publikacji teksty stanowią pewną całość ukazującą stan, kondycję i rolę teorii socjologicznej w analizie współczesnego społeczeństwa polskiego (s. 9).
Additional file 1 of Single-cell RNA-seq of out-of-thaw mesenchymal stromal cells shows tissue-of-origin differences and inter-donor cell-cycle variations
Creators: name: Medrano-Trochez, Camila
name: Chatterjee, Paramita
name: Pradhan, Pallab
name: Stevens, Hazel Y.
name: Ogle, Molly E.
name: Botchwey, Edward A.
name: Kurtzberg, Joanne
name: Yeago, Carolyn
name: Gibson, Greg
name: Roy, Krishnendu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1. "Supplementary Information" containing figures for the pre-freeze postfreeze analysis (Figure S1), gene expression figures and table for key markers from BM-MSC and UCT-MSC scRNA data analysis (Figure S3-S8, Table S1) along with information for the statistics for the functional data (Table S2).
The Open Instruction Theory of Attitude Reports and the Pragmatics of Answers
Creators: name: Koralus, Philipp
Publisher: name: University of Notre Dame
Year: 2023

description: Reports on beliefs, desires, and other attitudes continue to raise foundational questions about linguistic meaning and the pragmatics of utterance interpretation. There is a strong intuition that an attitude report like ‘John believes that Mary smokes’ can simply convey the singular proposition that the individual Mary is believed by John to have the property of smoking. Yet, there is also a strong intuition that ‘Lois believes that Superman can fly’ can additionally convey how an individual is represented (viz. as a superhero not as a reporter). Cases of this sort can be generated with any name in a suitable context (Kripke 1979). It is far from settled how this should be explained. I propose the Open Instruction Theory (OIT), according to which the linguistic meaning of attitude report sentences consists in instructions to create mental models, where those instructions leave open, depending on the state of the discourse, the possibility of singular interpretations as well as of complex interpretations including information about ways of representing. The account makes precise the idea that attitude report sentences with proper names are semantically nonspecific (Soames 2004), rather than indexical (Schiffer 2000), yielding predictions about syntactic constraints on interpretation. On this view, linguistic meaning itself does not provide determinate propositions. Since Gricean pragmatics requires determinate propositions as input, I propose new principles of pragmatics for literal utterance interpretation that do not require them but remain strongly constrained by linguistic meaning. The core principle is “inference to the most responsive interpretation.” Roughly, among the range of literal interpretations allowed by linguistic meaning, the listener generates the one that most fully answers the background question she seeks to answer by engaging in discourse. The pragmatics of literal utterance interpretation is the pragmatics of interpreting potential answers, even if communicative intention may be more important for conversational implicature. The account predicts cases in which our interpretations differ from what we would take the speaker to have had in mind. Singular interpretations of attitude reports have a special status as default interpretations. I suggest some advantages of OIT over indexicalist, DRT, and free enrichment theories. I argue that to the extent that we have to go beyond a strict principle of linguistic constraint (Stanley 2005), we should aim toward a principle of psychological constraint.
Theory of Electron Spin Relaxation in n-Doped Quantum Wells
Creators: name: Harmon, N. J.
name: Putikka, W. O.
name: Joynt, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent experiments have demonstrated long spin lifetimes in uniformly n-doped quantum wells. The spin dynamics of exciton, localized, and conduction spins are important for understanding these systems. We explain experimental behavior by invoking spin exchange between all spin species. By doing so we explain quantitatively and qualitatively the striking and unusual temperature dependence in (110)-GaAs quantum wells. We discuss possible future experiments to resolve the pertinent localized spin relaxation mechanisms. In addition, our analysis allows us to propose possible experimental scenarios that will optimize spin relaxation times in GaAs and CdTe quantum wells.
description: Small corrections made. Accepted to Phys. Rev. B. 8 pages, 5 figures
Thickness of the unit sphere, $\ell_1$-types, and the almost Daugavet property
Creators: name: Kadets, Vladimir
name: Shepelska, Varvara
name: Werner, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 46B04

description: We study those Banach spaces $X$ for which $S_X$ does not admit a finite $\eps$-net consisting of elements of $S_X$ for any $\eps < 2$. We give characterisations of this class of spaces in terms of $\ell_1$-type sequences and in terms of the almost Daugavet property. The main result of the paper is: a separable Banach space $X$ is isomorphic to a space from this class if and only if $X$ contains an isomorphic copy of $\ell_1$.
description: To appear in Houston Journal of Mathematics
title: Recenzja: "Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy" / Sharon L. Wolchik, Jane Leftwich Curry (red.). Lanham, Rowman&Littlefield, 2014. ISBN: 978-1442224216
Creators: name: Antoszewski, Andrzej
name: Digitale Wissenschaftsplattform Pol-Int (Www.Pol-Int.Org)
Publisher: name: Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt
Year: 2021

description: Proces zmiany politycznej, jaką zapoczątkował upadek komunizmu, jest jednym z głównych problemów badawczych, absorbujących współczesną naukę o polityce. Wysiłek włożony w analizę przyczyn, przebiegu i konsekwencji przechodzenia od autorytaryzmu stworzył pole ożywionej dyskusji nad możliwością wypracowania uniwersalnej teorii pokomunistycznej demokratyzacji. Stosunkowo szybko okazało się, że uogólnienia sformułowane w oparciu o analizę doświadczeń państw Europy Południowej i Ameryki Łacińskiej nie znajdują zastosowania do rzeczywistości pokomunistycznej, której ewolucja przyniosła nader zróżnicowane rezultaty. Ćwierćwiecze, jakie upłynęło od rozpadu bloku radzieckiego umożliwia bardziej szczegółową analizę typu case study oraz zaproponowanie nowych ujęć teoretycznych, podbudowanych badaniami empirycznymi. Taki właśnie cel postawiły przed sobą Sharon Wolchik i Jane Leftwich Curry – redaktorki pracy Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy, stanowiącej syntezę zróżnicowanego w swym kierunku i charakterze procesu demokratyzacji, który – choć z różnym skutkiem – dokonał się w większości państw Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej. Zarówno sam zamysł pracy, jak i dobór objętych analizą państw uznać należy za trafny i stwarzający możliwość wzbogacenia teorii zmiany politycznej. Tym bardziej, że w gronie autorów znaleźli się doświadczeni badacze, legitymujący się znaczącym dorobkiem w badaniach nad postkomunistyczną transformacją.
Magnetic Nanoparticle Chains in Gelatin Ferrogels: Bioinspiration from Magnetotactic Bacteria
Creators: name: Sturm, Sebastian
name: Siglreitmeier, Maria
name: Wolf, Daniel
name: Vogel, Karin
name: Gratz, Micha
name: Faivre, Damien
name: Lubk, Axel
name: Büchner, Bernd
name: Sturm, Elena V.
name: Cölfen, Helmut
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: bioinspiration
subject: electron holography
subject: electron tomography
subject: gelatin
subject: magnetite
subject: 620
subject: 540
subject: 530

description: Inspired by chains of ferrimagnetic nanocrystals (NCs) in magnetotactic bacteria (MTB), the synthesis and detailed characterization of ferrimagnetic magnetite NC chain-like assemblies is reported. An easy green synthesis route in a thermoreversible gelatin hydrogel matrix is used. The structure of these magnetite chains prepared with and without gelatin is characterized by means of transmission electron microscopy, including electron tomography (ET). These structures indeed bear resemblance to the magnetite assemblies found in MTB, known for their mechanical flexibility and outstanding magnetic properties and known to crystallographically align their magnetite NCs along the strongest <111> magnetization easy axis. Using electron holography (EH) and angular dependent magnetic measurements, the magnetic interaction between the NCs and the generation of a magnetically anisotropic material can be shown. The electro- and magnetostatic modeling demonstrates that in order to precisely determine the magnetization (by means of EH) inside chain-like NCs assemblies, their exact shape, arrangement and stray-fields have to be considered (ideally obtained using ET). © 2019 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
How Many Older Informal Caregivers Are There in Europe? Comparison of Estimates of Their Prevalence from Three European Surveys
Creators: name: Tur-Sinai, Aviad
name: Teti, Andrea
name: Rommel, Alexander
name: Hlebec, Valentina
name: Lamura, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: unpaid care
subject: harmonization
subject: survey
subject: informal caregiver
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Informal caregivers are people providing some type of unpaid, ongoing assistance to a person with a chronic illness or disability. Long-term care measures and policies cannot take place without taking into account the quantitatively crucial role played by informal caregivers. We use the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), and the Study on Health and Ageing in Europe (SHARE) to measure the prevalence of informal caregivers in the European population, and analyze associated socio-demographic factors. This rate ranges between about 13 percent in Portugal and Spain, and more than 22 percent in Luxembourg, Belgium, and Denmark. It declines in older age groups and, on average, is lower in men than in women in all countries studied, and lower among the poorly educated compared to those with higher levels of education. However, large variance was observed in the average share of informal caregivers for most countries between the three surveys. Our findings, estimated through the three surveys, reveal common trends, but also a series of disparities. Additional research will be needed to enable policy makers to access a richer and more harmonized body of data, allowing them to adopt truly evidence-based and targeted policies and interventions in this field.
The Evolution of a Spatial Stochastic Network
Creators: name: Robert, Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The asymptotic behavior of a stochastic network represented by a birth and death processes of particles on a compact state space is analyzed. Births: Particles are created at rate $λ_+$ and their location is independent of the current configuration. Deaths are due to negative particles arriving at rate $λ_-$. The death of a particle occurs when a negative particle arrives in its neighborhood and kills it. Several killing schemes are considered. The arriving locations of positive and negative particles are assumed to have the same distribution. By using a combination of monotonicity properties and invariance relations it is shown that the configurations of particles converge in distribution for several models. The problems of uniqueness of invariant measures and of the existence of accumulation points for the limiting configurations are also investigated. It is shown for several natural models that if $λ_+
The photographic representation of light and space as medium and metaphor
Creators: name: Ray, AE
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: This project has investigated the photographic representation of light and space, as medium and metaphor. Cognitive and emotional phenomena are normally regarded as related to, or occurring within the mind. But what is the mind? Whenever we say \within\" the mind we give our mental faculties a space or place of existence even though we cannot \"picture\" this site. In other words we describe the mind in terms of metaphorical associations that are connected to a contained space. Architecture is a much used metaphor for the mind but the mind may also be analogically suggestive of architecture hence the photographic images created in this research project represent a \"non-specific\" site that may incite interpretations related to the duality and/or multiplicity of the metaphoric exchange. The photographic work produced throughout this research represents an investigation into manifestations of light as the ethereal counterpart of thoughts objects and emotions. Placing the camera in a central position before the constructed light receptacle I have created a series of images that are associated with the symbolic equivalent of consciousness; the self as centred. Light has been manipulated in such a way as to represent the analogous \"spirit\" of the self. Repeatedly photographing the same space from a central position light is recorded as both the subject within the boundaries of the constructed space and the subject that appears to extend outward blurring or dissolving the boundaries of representation. Hence the project rather than replicating reality or representing a convincing illusion of reality the project has explored ways of representing a mediation between the physical and the metaphysical- between inner and outer realities."
Nano-Torsional Resonator Torque Magnetometry
Creators: name: Davis, J. P.
name: Vick, D.
name: Fortin, D. C.
name: Burgess, J. A. J.
name: Hiebert, W. K.
name: Freeman, M. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic torque is used to actuate nano-torsional resonators, which are fabricated by focused-ion-beam milling of permalloy coated silicon nitride membranes. Optical interferometry is used to measure the mechanical response of two torsion modes at resonance, which is proportional to the magnetization vector of the nanomagnetic volume. By varying the bias magnetic field, the magnetic behavior can be measured with excellent sensitivity ($\approx 10^8 μ_B$) for single magnetic elements.
description: 8 pages preprint, 4 figures, accepted to Appl. Phys. Letters
Additional file 1 of Elucidating the context for implementing nonpharmacologic care for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome: a qualitative study of perinatal nurses
Creators: name: Shuman, Clayton J.
name: Wilson, Roxanne
name: VanAntwerp, Katherine
name: Morgan, Mikayla
name: Weber, Ashley
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1.
Stellar collisions in accreting protoclusters: a Monte Carlo dynamical study
Creators: name: Davis, Olaf
name: Clarke, Cathie
name: Freitag, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the behaviour of accreting protoclusters with a Monte Carlo dynamical code in order to evaluate the relative roles of accretion, two body relaxation and stellar collisions in the cluster evolution. We corroborate the suggestion of Clarke & Bonnell that the number of stellar collisions should scale as $N^{5/3} \dot M^{2/3}$ (independent of other cluster parameters, where N is the number of stars in the cluster and $\dot M$ the rate of mass accretion) and thus strengthen the argument that stellar collisions are more likely in populous (large N) clusters. We however find that the estimates of Clarke & Bonnell were pessimistic in the sense that we find that more than 99 % of the stellar collisions occur within the post-adiabatic regime as the cluster evolves towards core collapse, driven by a combination of accretion and two-body relaxation. We discuss how the inclusion of binaries may reduce the number of collisions through the reversal of core collapse but also note that it opens up another collisional channel involving the merger of stars within hard binaries; future Nbody simulations are however required in order to explore this issue.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures; accepted for publication in MNRAS. This version contains minor revisions after referee's comments.
Additional file 3 of Epithelioid and spindle rhabdomyosarcoma with TFCP2 rearrangement in abdominal wall: a distinctive entity with poor prognosis
Creators: name: Li, Yuan
name: Li, Dan
name: Wang, Jingyu
name: Tang, Jinlong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Table 2 15 somatically acquired gene mutations detected by next-generation sequencing. chr: chromosome; Ref: reference; Alt: alteration; freq: frequency; SNV: single nucleotide variation
Equation of state at FAIR energies and the role of resonances
Creators: name: Zabrodin, E.
name: Arsene, I. C.
name: Bleibel, J.
name: Bleicher, M.
name: Bravina, L. V.
name: Burau, G.
name: Faessler, Amand
name: Fuchs, C.
name: Nilsson, M. S.
name: Tywoniuk, K.
name: Stoecker, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two microscopic models, UrQMD and QGSM, are used to extract the effective equation of state (EOS) of locally equilibrated nuclear matter produced in heavy-ion collisions at energies from 11.6 AGeV to 160 AGeV. Analysis is performed for the fixed central cubic cell of volume V = 125 fm**3 and for the expanding cell that followed the growth of the central area with uniformly distributed energy. For all reactions the state of local equilibrium is nearly approached in both models after a certain relaxation period. The EOS has a simple linear dependence P/e = c_s**2 with 0.12 < c_s**2 < 0.145. Heavy resonances are shown to be responsible for deviations of the c_s**2(T) and c_s**2(mu_B) from linear behavior. In the T-mu_B and T-mu_S planes the EOS has also almost linear dependence and demonstrates kinks related not to the deconfinement phase transition but to inelastic freeze-out in the system.
description: SQM2008 proceedings, 6 pages
Additional file 1 of Changes in community structures and functions of the gut microbiomes of deep-sea cold seep mussels during in situ transplantation experiment
Creators: name: Xiao, Yao
name: Wang, Hao
name: Lan, Yi
name: Zhong, Cheng
name: Yan, Guoyong
name: Xu, Zhimeng
name: Lu, Guangyuan
name: Chen, Jiawei
name: Wei, Tong
name: Wong, Wai Chuen
name: Kwan, Yick Hang
name: Qian, Pei-Yuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Ecology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Additional file 1. Supplementary Information.
Phase diagram of the ABC model on an interval
Creators: name: Ayyer, A.
name: Carlen, E. A.
name: Lebowitz, J. L.
name: Mohanty, P. K.
name: Mukamel, D.
name: Speer, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The three species asymmetric ABC model was initially defined on a ring by Evans, Kafri, Koduvely, and Mukamel, and the weakly asymmetric version was later studied by Clincy, Derrida, and Evans. Here the latter model is studied on a one-dimensional lattice of N sites with closed (zero flux) boundaries. In this geometry the local particle conserving dynamics satisfies detailed balance with respect to a canonical Gibbs measure with long range asymmetric pair interactions. This generalizes results for the ring case, where detailed balance holds, and in fact the steady state measure is known only for the case of equal densities of the different species: in the latter case the stationary states of the system on a ring and on an interval are the same. We prove that in the N to infinity limit the scaled density profiles are given by (pieces of) the periodic trajectory of a particle moving in a quartic confining potential. We further prove uniqueness of the profiles, i.e., the existence of a single phase, in all regions of the parameter space (of average densities and temperature) except at low temperature with all densities equal; in this case a continuum of phases, differing by translation, coexist. The results for the equal density case apply also to the system on the ring, and there extend results of Clincy et al.
description: 52 pages, AMS-LaTeX, 8 figures from 10 eps figure files. Revision: minor changes in response to referee reports; paper to appear in J. Stat. Phys
Additional file 1 of Evaluation of anti-epithelial-mesenchymal transition property of Garcinia mangostana rind extract
Creators: name: Muralidharan, Suganthi
name: Vellaichamy, Adaikkalam
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Alpha-mangostin and few other xanthones previously reported from the pericarp of mangosteen. Alpha-mangostin and other major xanthones previously reported from mangosteen rind are provided here with its chemical structures. (Molecular formula: α-mangostin-C24H26O6; β-mangostin-C25H28O6; γ-mangostin-C23H24O6; Gartanin-C23H24O6; Garcinone E-C28H32O6). Fig. S2. Qualitative phytochemical analyses of mangosteen rind extract (MRE). Various phytochemicals expected in MRE were analyzed qualitatively using respective methods indicated in “Methods” section of the manuscript. Fig. S3. Amount of flavonoids, phenolics, and antioxidant capacity in mangosteen rind extract (MRE). A) Total Flavonoid content of MRE was determined and the results were expressed as µg Quercetin Equivalents/mg of extract. B) Total Phenolic content of MRE was determined and the results were expressed as µg Gallic acid Equivalents/mg of extract. C) DPPH scavenging activity of MRE was determined using Ascorbic acid as standard.
title: Donald L. Hagengruber, JD Oral History Interview Transcript
Creators: name: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Publisher: name: University Archives, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Year: 2010
Subjects: classificationCode: 3
subject: FOS: Medical and health sciences
classificationCode: 6.1
subject: FOS: History and archaeology

description: USU Oral History Interview Transcript
Donald L. Hagengruber, JD
Second University Counsel
Executive Secretary, Board of Regents
10-25-2010
Interviewed by Emelie Rubin
Additional file 1 of Cascade amplification of tumor chemodynamic therapy and starvation with re-educated TAMs via Fe-MOF based functional nanosystem
Creators: name: Zheng, Xinmin
name: Li, Xiang
name: Meng, Siyu
name: Shi, Guolin
name: Li, Hui
name: Du, Huiping
name: Dai, Liangliang
name: Yang, Hui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Surface Zeta potential of FNP and HFNP. Fig. S2. XRD of FNP and HFNP. Fig. S3. H-NMR of FNP and HFNP. Fig. S4. FTIR of FNP and HFNP. Fig. S5. Linear relationships between the UV-vis absorbance and the concentration of GOX. Fig. S6. Efflux time of pure PFC and HFNP@GOX@PFC nanoparticles. Fig. S7. Linear relationships between the GC intensity and the concentration of PFC. Fig. S8. TEM images of FNP and HFNP after treatment with H2O2. Fig. S9. DLS curves of FNP and HFNP after treatment with H2O2. Fig. S10. pH values and generated H2O2 concentrations at various time points arisen from GOX and HFNP@GOX@PFC catalyzed disintegration reaction of glucose. Fig. S11. Biostability of HFNP@GOX@PFC in gluconic acid with or without H2O2. Fig. S12. Intracellular ROS fluorescence intensity of 4T1 cells. Fig. S13. Corresponding quantitative MFI analysis of CD47. Fig. S14. Bcl-2, BAX, CytC and Casp3 relative mRNA expressions. Fig. S15. Gate strategy. Fig. S16. Wound healing rate of 4T1 cells. Fig. S17. Migration rate of 4T1 cells. Fig. S18. Invasion rate of 4T1 cells. Fig. S19. Body weight of tumor-bearing mice. Fig. S20. The quantitative IFC intensity analysis of CD47. Fig. S21. The quantitative IFC intensity analysis of CD86. Fig. S22. Biomedical blood index of tumor-bearing BALB/c mice. Fig. S23. H&E staining for major tissues. Table S1. Primer sequences.
Creating p-wave superfluids and topological excitations in optical lattices
Creators: name: Massignan, P.
name: Sanpera, A.
name: Lewenstein, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose to realize a p-wave superfluid using bosons mixed with a single species of fermions in a deep optical lattice. We analyze with a self-consistent method its excitation spectrum in presence of a vortex, and we point out the range of interaction strengths in which the zero-energy mode with topological character exists on a finite optical lattice. Lattice effects are strongest close to fermionic half-filling: here the linearity of the low-lying spectrum is lost, and a new class of extended zero-energy modes with checkerboard structure and d-wave symmetry appears.
description: Published version
Additional file 1 of Barriers and facilitators for implementation of a complex health services intervention in long-term care homes: a qualitative study using focus groups
Creators: name: von der Warth, Rieka
name: Kaiser, Vanessa
name: Reese, Christina
name: Brühmann, Boris A.
name: Farin-Glattacker, Erik
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1.