cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Population Health Management: Factors that Contribute to an Accountable Care Organization’s Success in Value-based Government and Commercial Contracts
Creators: name: Flattery, Will
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Healthcare spending has increased at nearly five times the rate of overall economic growth over the past five decades. From 1960 to 2010, the United States of America experienced a 168% increase in gross domestic product; the same time period saw healthcare spending rise over 800% (WHO, 2013). Unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, and prevention failures are hallmarks of the current healthcare landscape. Approximately one-third of healthcare costs are classified as waste, and many physicians are dealing with burnout due to professional dissatisfaction (WHO, 2013). The fee-for-service payment model, which incentivizes providers to increase the quantity of care rather than the quality of care, has predominantly contributed to the continuing decline of the US healthcare system. A hallmark of the fee-for-service payment model is unbundled payments. Physicians and systems are reimbursed for services rendered rather than outcomes achieved. Fee-for-service strongly incentivizes providers to think reactively towards one patient rather than to think proactively about populations. A new payment model is necessary to alter poor US healthcare cost and quality trends. Value-based contracts offer a way forward. Value-based contracts, marked by incentives to improve quality and reduce cost, refocus the efforts of its enrolled healthcare providers on the ideals of the Triple Aim. Improving the patient experience of care, the health of populations, and reducing the per capita cost of healthcare, the Triple Aim’s tenets, are the ultimate goals of each value-based contract (IHI, 2016). Value-based contracts serve as a paradigm shift for most healthcare providers and health systems. Used to operating within a fee-for-service framework, the provider is primarily rewarded purely for volume. The volume of patients seen or the number of tests ordered serve as prime determinants of financial and operational success. Time is not invested in managing populations and reducing costs within fee-for-service, thus providers and health systems operating within its framework and tasked with performing in value-based contracts are ill-prepared to succeed. Success in value-based models requires an arduous shift from fee-for-service to value-based operations. Primary care providers primarily drive results but lack the necessary infrastructure, resources, and incentives to do so at scale. Several factors contribute to the ability to achieve quality and reduce costs within nascent value-based payment models. The full promise of value-based contracts will not be realized unless healthcare providers understand and manage the factors influencing outcomes related to patient satisfaction, improved quality, and lower cost.
The Minnesota Poll # 301
Creators: name: Minneapolis Tribune
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Values of young people (2); differences between parents and their children (1); related bombings (2); blame for bombings (2); United Nations satisfaction (2); UN future effectiveness (1); approval of various politicians (6); hunting affecting environment (2); bounties for animals (1); interest in hunting (1); ending Vietnam War (2); destroying crops as warfare (2); interest in election (1); important campaign issues (1); campaign support (10); resenting voting advice (1); voting in primaries (2); voter registration (2); voter participation (1); mock ballot preferences (4); strength for candidate preferences (2); difference of party control (2); Hubert Humphrey description (20); Clark MacGregor description (20); role of Congress (1); federal government secrets (3); newspaper readership (4).
The Autonomous Theory Of International Commercial Arbitration: An Autopoietic Perspective
Creators: name: Kyprianou, Anna L.
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: International commercial arbitration’s private, consensual, and confidential nature has rendered the mechanism one of the most preferred dispute resolution procedures for the settlement of international commercial disputes. Within the context of arbitration scholarship, private parties’ ability to decide on a wide range of issues pertaining to the arbitral process has paved the way for the development of an autonomous theory of arbitration. The autonomous theory’s main premise is that international commercial arbitration constitutes a legal system that operates independently from states and state laws and, therefore, should be treated as an autonomous legal system. However, while some practical arguments have been made in support of the theory, to date, the supporters of the autonomous theory of arbitration have failed to develop a solid theoretical framework upon which to base the theory. The objective of this thesis is to present one such framework. This thesis proposes Niklas Luhmann’s autopoietic theory as the theoretical framework for the autonomous theory of arbitration. The underlying argument of this thesis is that the autopoietic theory is both suitable and appropriate to operate as the theoretical underpinning for the autonomous theory of arbitration. The autopoietic theory is the most frequently used systems theory in legal studies. However, the arbitration community has yet to see the potential in its application to international commercial arbitration. The autopoietic theory deals with both the notions of systematicity and autonomy of a unit. Each notion is an essential element in order for a unit to amount to an autonomous system. Therefore, the thesis main objective is to validate the autonomous theory of arbitration by applying to international commercial arbitration the concepts and ideas that derive from the autopoietic theory.
Towards effective topological field theory for knots
Creators: name: Mironov, A.
name: Morozov, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Construction of (colored) knot polynomials for double-fat graphs is further generalized to the case when "fingers" and "propagators" are substituting R-matrices in arbitrary closed braids with m-strands. Original version of arXiv:1504.00371 corresponds to the case m=2, and our generalizations sheds additional light on the structure of those mysterious formulas. Explicit expressions are now combined from Racah matrices of the type $R\otimes R\otimes\bar R\longrightarrow \bar R$ and mixing matrices in the sectors $R^{\otimes 3}\longrightarrow Q$. Further extension is provided by composition rules, allowing to glue two blocks, connected by an m-strand braid (they generalize the product formula for ordinary composite knots with m=1).
description: 10 pages + table in Appendix
The Minnesota Poll # 302
Creators: name: Minneapolis Tribune
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: License renewal tests (2); licensed driver (1); vehicle inspections (1); ending Vietnam War (1); South Vietnam defense without American troops (1); Richard Nixon five-point peace plan (2); peace proposal helping Republicans (1); Arab-Israeli relations (3); American political systems (3); legislature meetings (1); approval of various politicians (6); interest in elections (1); most important election issues (6); campaign issues affecting votes (2); primary elections (2); voter registration (2); voter participation (1); mock ballot preferences (4); strength of candidate choice (2); limiting tax exempt properties (2); lowering voting age (1); difference in party control (1); governor candidates' positions on property taxes (2); reaction to election campaign (4); impressive campaign ads (2); annoying campaign ads (2); amount of campaign ads (1); campaign spending (2); newspaper readership (2).
The Effect of Rurality and Region of Residence on the Receipt of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Colon Cancer Patients: A Look at North Carolina
Creators: name: Bryant, Curtis
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Social inequalities in cancer outcomes are well documented. The social determinants of these cancer disparities often include factors related to race, age, gender, social capital, socio-economic status, and environment. These determinants often work in combination to create or help sustain the disparities in cancer outcomes that appear to be widespread in the United States. One of the ways that social determinants create inequalities is by promoting differences in the quality of cancer treatment for different patient subgroups. For instance, there is some evidence that colon cancer patients who belong to disadvantaged races, who live in rural areas, or who have low socio-economic status receive recommended adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) at lower rates than predominant social groups. 14 However, studies examining the link between these social factors and the quality of cancer treatment often offer conflicting results. This study examines the relationship between living in rural areas and the receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer patients in North Carolina. It also examines the relationship between region of residence in North Carolina and the probability of ACT receipt. Patient-level data was acquired from the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry (CCR) to answer the study questions. If a treatment disparity is found it may indicate the need for specific interventions to counter deficiencies in post-operative medical care for rural patients with colon cancer.
Does transnational contention lead to transnational memory? The online visual memory of the February 2003 anti-Iraq War protests
Creators: name: Smits, Thomas
name: Ros, Ruben
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 430306
subject: Digital history

description: In the last weekend of February 2003, between six and ten million people in 60 different countries protested against the imminent Iraq War. Commentators quickly described the worldwide protests as a manifestation of a new form of transnational contention, which would lead to new forms of transnational memory and identity. Building on efforts to connect social movement and memory stu- dies, this article examines if the massive size and transnational nature of the February 2003 anti-war protests resulted in an equally widely shared and transnational form of memory. Following research that describes the crucial role of visual communication for social movements and memory, it approaches this question by studying the size and shape of the online visual memory of the 2003 anti-war protests. Applying the Google Cloud Vision API to retrieve and analyse 1746 online circulations of twenty-five photo- graphs of the 2003 anti-war protests in the period 2003–2019, we find that, compared to other famous images of protest, the online circulation of images of the protests remains limited. This suggests that the massive protests of 2003 did not result in a widely shared and transnational form of memory. Rather than focusing on indivi- dual images, this article argues that studying patterns in their online circulation can explain why some movements remain in the public eye, while others quickly disappear from it.
Additional file 1 of The relationship between publication of high-quality evidence and changes in the volume and trend of subacromial decompression surgery for patients with subacromial pain syndrome in hospitals across Australia, Europe and the United States: a controlled interrupted time series analysis
Creators: name: Geurkink, Timon H.
name: van Bodegom-Vos, Leti
name: Nagels, Jochem
name: Liew, Susan
name: Stijnen, Pieter
name: Nelissen, Rob G.H.H.
name: Marang-van de Mheen, Perla J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience

description: Supplementary Material 1: Appendix A. Hospitals participating in the Global Health Data @ Work (GHD@Work) collaborative.
Large-scale Multi-granular Concept Extraction Based on Machine Reading Comprehension
Creators: name: Yuan, Siyu
name: Yang, Deqing
name: Liang, Jiaqing
name: Sun, Jilun
name: Huang, Jingyue
name: Cao, Kaiyan
name: Xiao, Yanghua
name: Xie, Rui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The concepts in knowledge graphs (KGs) enable machines to understand natural language, and thus play an indispensable role in many applications. However, existing KGs have the poor coverage of concepts, especially fine-grained concepts. In order to supply existing KGs with more fine-grained and new concepts, we propose a novel concept extraction framework, namely MRC-CE, to extract large-scale multi-granular concepts from the descriptive texts of entities. Specifically, MRC-CE is built with a machine reading comprehension model based on BERT, which can extract more fine-grained concepts with a pointer network. Furthermore, a random forest and rule-based pruning are also adopted to enhance MRC-CE's precision and recall simultaneously. Our experiments evaluated upon multilingual KGs, i.e., English Probase and Chinese CN-DBpedia, justify MRC-CE's superiority over the state-of-the-art extraction models in KG completion. Particularly, after running MRC-CE for each entity in CN-DBpedia, more than 7,053,900 new concepts (instanceOf relations) are supplied into the KG. The code and datasets have been released at https://github.com/fcihraeipnusnacwh/MRC-CE
Systematic Review of the Surgical Treatment of Trachoma Trichiasis
Creators: name: Robinson, Mark
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2004

description: Aim We conducted a systematic review to investigate which surgical technique for treating trachomatous trichiasis resulted in the best surgical outcomes, including success and adverse event rates. Methods To investigate success rates of different techniques, we limited our search to clinical trials in trachoma endemic populations that included a comparison group. We used internal validity criteria to assess the quality of the randomized trials and discussed external validity based on the aspects most relevant to the goal of treating large numbers of people in trachoma endemic areas with non-ophthalmologist surgeons in community settings. We also hand searched the literature to investigate whether either of the most successful procedures were associated with more adverse events than the other. Results Three randomized trials comparing two or more techniques provide good evidence that the bilamellar tarsal rotation and tarsotomy (transverse tarsotomy and rotation) are among the most effective surgical techniques for trachomatous trichiasis and entropion. Two other randomized trials provide evidence that the bilamellar tarsal rotation is equally successful when performed by non-ophthalmologists as by ophthalmologists, and that transverse tarsotomy and rotation is equally successful when performed by non-ophthalmologists in a community setting as when nonophthalmologists perform it in a hospital setting. The one randomized trial comparing bilamellar tarsal rotation and transverse tarsotomy and rotation found that the former was associated with more adverse events than the latter, but the other randomized trials and case series reported a wide range of adverse event rates for both bilamellar tarsal rotation and transverse tarsotomy and rotation. Conclusions The five randomized trials reviewed provide evidence that the bilamellar tarsal rotation and the transverse tarsotomy and rotation are among the most effective techniques for non-ophthalmologists correcting trachomatous trichiasis and entropion. Randomized trials large enough to analyze differences in adverse event rates between these two techniques would help elucidate if one technique is superior to the other. Also, further use and evaluation of clinical grading systems of trichiasis and entropion may clarify whether recurrences of trichiasis and entropion result from continued infection and progressive scarring or from errors in surgical technique. Detailed clinical grading systems might also shed light on whether certain surgical techniques are best suited for specific severities of trichiasis or entropion.
Gradient flow structure for McKean-Vlasov equations on discrete spaces
Creators: name: Erbar, Matthias
name: Fathi, Max
name: Laschos, Vaios
name: Schlichting, André
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60J27 (Primary), 34A34, 49J40, 49J45 (Secondary)

description: In this work, we show that a family of non-linear mean-field equations on discrete spaces can be viewed as a gradient flow of a natural free energy functional with respect to a certain metric structure we make explicit. We also prove that this gradient flow structure arises as the limit of the gradient flow structures of a natural sequence of N-particle dynamics, as N goes to infinity.
Depression, Anxiety, and Sucidality in U.S. Medical Students:  A Literature Review and Commentary
Creators: name: Dickson, Kate
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: A growing body of literature shows that although medical students start their journey to becoming a physician with similar self-reported mental health outcomes as those of their non-medical peers, they finish their training in poorer mental health.  Research on the topic of medical student mental health and wellbeing has found higher rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidality among medical students than in the general population, although exact estimates vary by study.  A high quality systematic review with meta-analysis of the data on the prevalence of these disorders in medical schools nationwide would help the medical education community more fully understand the scope of the problem, and design interventions appropriately.  This paper intended to conduct such a review, but limitations in the literature – especially the paucity of data on anxiety and suicidality - make such synthesis and analysis difficult, if not impossible.  This paper presents the findings of the literature review, comments on the gaps and limitations of the evidence, and poses recommendations aimed at improving the quality of the research surrounding medical student mental health.
Differences in health care access and utilization between older adolescents and young adults with asthma
Creators: name: Chua, KP
name: Schuster, MA
name: McWilliams, JM
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: adolescents
asthma
health care utilization
health insurance
young adult
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Asthma
Attitude to Health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Databases, Factual
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Needs Assessment
Primary Health Care
Risk Assessment
Severity of Illness Index
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Young Adult

description: OBJECTIVE: Studies suggest that young adults have worse health care access, use less primary care, and visit emergency departments more frequently than adolescents. We examined whether these differences existed between older adolescents and young adults with asthma. METHODS: Using nationally representative data from the 1999 to 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we performed cross-sectional comparisons of access and utilization between older adolescents (ages 14-17) and young adults (ages 19-25) with asthma. In longitudinal analyses, we assessed whether changes in health insurance coverage, schooling, and adult presence at home predicted changes in access and utilization. RESULTS: Young adults with asthma were less likely to have a usual source of care (-13.7 percentage points; P < .001) or primary care visit within the past year (-13.9 percentage points; P = .006). They were less likely to fill a short-acting beta-agonist prescription (-10.6 percentage points; P = .02) and more likely to visit the emergency department within the past year (+9.7 percentage points; P = .01). Adjusting for differences in insurance coverage reduced differences in usual source of care and primary care use by 32.4% to 38.0% but reduced the difference in emergency department use by only 10.3%. Among participants aged 16 to 19 in the first survey year, becoming uninsured strongly predicted losing a usual source of care (change relative to no coverage loss: -25.2 percentage points; P = .003). CONCLUSIONS: Compared with older adolescents with asthma, young adults with asthma have worse health care access and may use care less optimally. These differences were associated with but were not completely explained by differences in insurance coverage. Copyright © 2013 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The Minnesota Poll # 1970-303: Education/Vietnam/Politics
Creators: name: Minneapolis Tribune
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Future financial conditions (1); personal financial situation (2); teachers' salaries adequacy (5); public school operating costs (3); children in school (1); approval of various politicians (12); consumer protection (2); consumer education (1); ending Vietnam War (1); war affecting South Vietnamese (1); lessons learned from war participation (1); sending troops to Vietnam (2); voting age (2); Wendell Anderson as governor (2); most important legislature problems (2); reducing size of legislature (1); ballot party identification (2); new car purchase (2); future household purchases (19); license plate surcharge (1); funding highway construction (2); effectiveness of studded tires (2); car ownership (1); newspaper readership (2).
MPEC 2023-T46 : 2023 TA1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 TA1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Gamma-ray burst radio afterglows from Population III stars: Simulation methods and detection prospects with SKA precursors
Creators: name: Macpherson, Damien
name: Coward, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the prospects of detecting radio afterglows from long Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) from Population III (Pop III) progenitors using the SKA precursor instruments WMA (Murchison Widefield Array) and ASKAP (Australian SKA Pathfinder). We derive a realistic model of GRB afterglows that encompasses the widest range of plausible physical parameters and observation angles. We define the best case scenario of Pop III GRB energy and redshift distributions. Using probability distribution functions fitted to the observed microphysical parameters of long GRBs, we simulate a large number of Pop III GRB afterglows to find the global probability of detection. We find that ASKAP may be able to detect 35% of Pop III GRB afterglows in the optimistic case, and 27% in the pessimistic case. A negligible number will be detectable by MWA in either case. Detections per image for ASKAP, found by incorporating intrinsic rates with detectable timescales, are as high as $\sim$ 6000 and as low as $\sim$ 11, which shows the optimistic case is unrealistic. We track how the afterglow flux density changes over various time intervals and find that, because of their very slow variability, the cadence for blind searches of these afterglows should be as long as possible. We also find Pop III GRBs at high redshift have radio afterglow lightcurves that are indistinguishable from those of regular long GRBs in the more local universe.
description: Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Minnesota Poll # 304
Creators: name: Minneapolis Tribune
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Medical care quality (1); low medical standards in United States (3); supersonic jets (4); spending on test jets (2); approval of various politicians (4); foreign trade affecting economy (3); purchasing foreign-made items (3); ending Vietnam War (1); bombing North Vietnam (2); Hubert Humphrey as president (2); Walter Mondale as president (2); voting age (1); lowering drinking age (1); public employee strike laws (3); arbitration for public employees (1); legislature donating national park land (1); Mississippi River channel (1); visiting Canada (1); description of Canada (2); agreement with statements about Canada (5); cultures in Canada (1); time spent watching television (1); TV listings (2); newspaper readership (4).
The Minnesota Poll # 305
Creators: name: Minneapolis Tribune
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Price changes (1); price and wage controls (3); tenure laws (2); zoological garden (4); approval of various politicians (6); Mayo Foundation at Rochester medical school (1); ending Vietnam War (2); Laos and Cambodia military action (3); favorite season (1); leaving Minnesota in winter (3); Richard Palmer controversy (1); approval of various bills (10); treatment of less fortunate citizens (1); snowmobiling (4); raising taxes solution (3); governor's tax proposal plans (3); newspaper readership (4).
On K3 surface quotients of K3 or Abelian surfaces
Creators: name: Garbagnati, Alice
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14J28, 14J50, 14J10

description: The aim of this paper is to prove that a K3 surface is the minimal model of the quotient of an Abelian surface by a group $G$ (respectively of a K3 surface by an Abelian group $G$) if and only if a certain lattice is primitively embedded in its Néron--Severi group. This allows one to describe the coarse moduli space of the K3 surfaces which are (rationally) $G$-covered by Abelian or K3 surfaces (in the latter case $G$ is an Abelian group). If either $G$ has order 2 or $G$ is cyclic and acts on an Abelian surface, this result was already known, so we extend it to the other cases. Moreover, we prove that a K3 surface $X_G$ is the minimal model of the quotient of an Abelian surface by a group $G$ if and only if a certain configuration of rational curves is present on $X_G$. Again this result was known only in some special cases, in particular if $G$ has order 2 or 3.
description: 30 pages
Primary Care Provider Views of the Current Referral-to-Eye-Care Process: Focus Group Results
Creators: name: Holley, Clay D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: Purpose: To understand the barriers facing primary care providers (PCPs), including nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in the current referral-to-eye-care process and to solicit suggestions from PCPs on how to improve the current referral system. Methods: We conducted four focus groups with a total of 17 PCPs: two groups with physicians (MDs) - one in a rural setting and one in an academic medical center setting; one group with NPs; and one group PAs. We audiotaped and transcribed all discussions, and both authors performed content analysis of the transcripts with the assistance of qualitative software, NUD*IST Vivo. Results: The most frequently cited referral barriers include: (1) poor feedback from eye care providers (ECPs), (2) patients' lack of finances/insurance coverage, and (3) difficulty in scheduling an ECP appointment. Among rural PCPs, limited access to ECPs and patients' limited access to transportation also were cited. Suggestions made in all groups on ways to improve the current referral system include: (1) implementing electronic medical records (EMRs), (2) receiving better communication/feedback from ECPs, (3) having ophthalmologists hold clinic days in primary care facilities, and (4) performing retinal scans in primary care clinics. Conclusions: PCPs desire change(s) in the current referral-to-eye-care system. Better communication between PCPs and ECPs, further implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs), and increasing eye screening in primary care clinics were common themes. Implementing specific suggestions, such as modernizing medical record systems, may help to increase eye care utilization among patients at high risk for advancing eye disease and vision loss.
The Minnesota Poll # 306
Creators: name: Minneapolis Tribune
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2019

description: Legalizing horse race betting (3); no-fault insurance (2); car ownership (1); federal government sharing taxes (5); approval of various politicians (10); corporate symbols recognition (3); ending Vietnam War (2); supporting South Vietnam (1); Communist China war (1); keeping troops until return of prisoners (1); rating newspapers (3); presidential candidate preferences (3); legislature meetings (2); changing state constitution (2); attorney general helping draft objectors (2); government investing in arts (2); interest in art (1); highway construction (4); newspaper readership (5).
Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy of a Mn dimer
Creators: name: Delgado, F.
name: Fernández-Rossier, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) can probe the inelastic spin excitations of single magnetic atoms in a surface via spin-flip assisted tunneling. A particular and intriguing case is the Mn dimer case. We show here that the existing theories for inelastic transport spectroscopy do not explain the observed spin transitions when both atoms are equally coupled to the STM tip and the substrate. The hyperfine coupling to the nuclear spins is shown to lead to a finite excitation amplitude, but the physical mechanism leading to the large inelastic signal observed is still unknown. We discuss some other alternatives that break the symmetry of the system and allows for larger excitation probabilities.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
The Built Environment, Social Disparities, and Their Impact on Physical Activity and Health
Creators: name: Ramsey, Steven
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: The role of the built environment on levels of physical activity (PA) has become the focus of much research in recent years. Studies show that regular physical activity can cut the risk for developing depression, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, stroke, and certain kinds of cancer (CDC, 2010b). Many factors contribute to the concept of the built environment (BE) and its relationship to PA. The CDC recognizes that health promotion requires both individually oriented and community based approaches for interventions. As a result, they created the Active Community Environment (ACE) program to promote policy and environmental interventions to create more accessible places for PA (Semra, Rodriguez, Evenson, Catellier, Rosamond, 2007). These approaches may include both policy and design components. Policy instruments may include things such as building codes, roadway design standards, and environmental changes, while design components may include improved street lighting, increasing the safety of street crossings, traffic calming measures (speed humps, traffic circles, signage, etc.), and enhancing street landscaping. Qualities of the BE also appear to be associated with socioeconomic status (SES). Disparities related to PA rates exist among varying demographics such as race, age, education and gender, though many confounders make it difficult to determine exact causation. It has been shown that segregated African American neighborhoods are characterized by substandard environmental surroundings which likely have an impact on the desirability of residents to perform PA(Richardson Norris, 2010). It is the purpose of this paper to examine the extent to which the literature supports these policy interventions, while further examining the socioeconomic factors that impact health disparities related to reduced PA.
The impact of a mobile application on weight loss
Creators: name: Javier, Kimberly-Anne
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2023

description: Background and Purpose of Project: A body mass index (BMI) of greater than 25 puts peopleat risk for developing comorbidities such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. This DNP project aimed to assess the impact of a mobile application during attempts at weight loss on patients in a primary care setting who have a BMI > 25 which classifies them as overweight. The project aimed to assess the relationship between motivation and weight loss and the influences on an individual’s motivation.Methodology: The Weight Control Motivation scale along with weight, BMI, and waist circumference were measured pre-and post-intervention. Participants used a mobile application for 30 days to self-monitor their weight.Conclusion: 19 out of 33 participants completed the 30-day program. The results showed that positive motivation was statistically decreased when comparing pre-and post-intervention surveys (Z = -2.616, p = .009). Negative motivation had increased between pre-and postintervention; it was not statistically significant (Z = -1.070, p = .285). There was a statistically significant decrease in weight (p = .013), waist, circumference (p = .036), and BMI (p = .006).Implications for Practice: Findings suggest that using a mobile application can effectively decrease weight, waist circumference, and BMI. However, study findings show mobile applications can negatively impact one’s motivation to lose weight. Further research will need to be conducted to determine how to improve motivation during weight loss therapy.Keywords: mobile application, weight loss, motivation, obesity, overweight
Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: Health News Index, June, 1998
Creators: name: Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health
name: Kaiser Family Foundation
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2002

description: Important Health Problem (1); Teen Pregnancy (1); Viagra (4); News Stories (11); Social Security (4); Tobacco Taxes (1); Morning After Pill (3); Aids (2)
Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: December 1998 Health News Interest Index: AIDS/Tobacco use/Health Insurance
Creators: name: Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health
name: Kaiser Family Foundation
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2012

description: Most important health care problem (1); health care issues (9); World AIDS Day (2); silicone breast implants (1); important news stories (11); smoking issues (4); alternative medicine (2); health insurance (8).
Theoretical studies of possible toroidal high-spin isomers in the light-mass region
Creators: name: Staszczak, Andrzej
name: Wong, Cheuk-Yin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review our theoretical knowledge of possible toroidal high-spin isomers in the light mass region in 28$\le$$A$$\le$52 obtained previously in cranked Skyrme-Hartree-Fock calculations. We report additional toroidal high-spin isomers in $^{56}$Ni with $I$=114$\hbar$ and 140$\hbar$, which follow the same (multi-particle)--(multi-hole) systematics as other toroidal high-spin isomers. We examine the production of these exotic nuclei by fusion of various projectiles on $^{20}$Ne or $^{28}$Si as an active target in time-projection-chamber (TCP) experiments.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, Proc. 12th Conf. on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (N2015), June 21-26, 2015, Catania, Italy
Additional file 2 of The relationship between publication of high-quality evidence and changes in the volume and trend of subacromial decompression surgery for patients with subacromial pain syndrome in hospitals across Australia, Europe and the United States: a controlled interrupted time series analysis
Creators: name: Geurkink, Timon H.
name: van Bodegom-Vos, Leti
name: Nagels, Jochem
name: Liew, Susan
name: Stijnen, Pieter
name: Nelissen, Rob G.H.H.
name: Marang-van de Mheen, Perla J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience

description: Supplementary Material 2: Appendix B. Used diagnosis & procedure codes and CCS groups.
MPEC 2023-T47 : 2023 TB1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 TB1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Asteroid Deflection Using a Spacecraft in Restricted Keplerian Motion
Creators: name: Ketema, Yohannes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A method for asteroid deflection that makes use of a spacecraft moving back and forth on a segment of an appropriate Keplerian orbit about the asteroid is described and evaluated. It is shown that, on average, the spacecraft describing such a trajectory can exert a significantly larger force on the asteroid than e.g. a stationary gravity tractor, thereby reducing the time needed to effect a desired velocity change for the asteroid. Furthermore, the current method does not require canted thrusters on the spacecraft (unlike a stationary gravity tractor), markedly reducing the amount of fuel needed to create a given change in the asteroid velocity. In addition, the method allows for the simultaneous use of several spacecraft, further strengthening the overall tugging effect on the asteroid, and distributing the thrust requirement among the spacecraft.
description: 27 pages, 10 figures, Submitted to Acta Astronautica
Modelling Structured Societies: a Multi-relational Approach to Context Permeability
Creators: name: Nunes, Davide
name: Antunes, Luis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The structure of social relations is fundamental for the construction of plausible simulation scenarios. It shapes the way actors interact and create their identity within overlapping social contexts. Each actor interacts in multiple contexts within different types of social relations that constitute their social space. In this article, we present an approach to model structured agent societies with multiple coexisting social networks. We study the notion of context permeability, using a game in which agents try to achieve global consensus. We design and analyse two different models of permeability. In the first model, agents interact concurrently in multiple social networks. In the second, we introduce a context switching mechanism which adds a dynamic temporal component to agent interaction in the model. Agents switch between the different networks spending more or less time in each one. We compare these models and analyse the influence of different social networks regarding the speed of convergence to consensus. We conduct a series of experiments that show the impact of different configurations for coexisting social networks. This approach unveils both the limitations of the current modelling approaches and possible research directions for complex social space simulations.
Spanking Practices Among Mothers of Children Aged 0-2 Years
Creators: name: Robinson, Thomas Walker
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Objectives. To describe and compare spanking rates among a representative sample of North Carolina mothers of 0-2 year old children. Patients and Methods. A cross-sectional anonymous phone survey of mothers of children less than 2living in North Carolina in 2007. Spanking (with open hand on the buttocks) occurrence was assessed among all respondents. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association between spanking and specific maternal and child characteristics. Results. The occurrence rate of spanking, in a state-wide sample of children less than 2 years of age, among all maternal respondents was 30.8% (unweighted, 29.1%). Predictors of spanking included increasing age of the child, decreased maternal age, non-Hispanic ethnicity, and decreased family income. With every advancing month of age, a child had 20% increased odds of being spanked. Mothers aged 14-20 had 2.32 times the odds of spanking than mothers aged 36 and older. Mothers aged 21-35 had 1.50 times the odds of spanking than older mothers. Hispanic mothers had 0.48 times the odds of spanking compared with white or black mothers. Families earning between $40,000-80,000 had 1.52 times the odds of spanking their child compared with families earning greater than $80,000. Conclusions. Many North Carolina mothers admit to spanking their very young children, sometimes before their child reaches 6 months of age. The AAP should urge pediatricians to begin their discussions about discipline during the 2 and 4- month well-child visits, continuing the discussion at subsequent visits. Increased focus should be given to young mothers and those in lower-to-middle income brackets. Media and legislative efforts may also be needed to meet current AAP guidelines of eliminating spanking of children below the age of 2.
Relational reasoning via probabilistic coupling
Creators: name: Barthe, Gilles
name: Espitau, Thomas
name: Grégoire, Benjamin
name: Hsu, Justin
name: Stefanesco, Léo
name: Strub, Pierre-Yves
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Probabilistic coupling is a powerful tool for analyzing pairs of probabilistic processes. Roughly, coupling two processes requires finding an appropriate witness process that models both processes in the same probability space. Couplings are powerful tools proving properties about the relation between two processes, include reasoning about convergence of distributions and stochastic dominance---a probabilistic version of a monotonicity property. While the mathematical definition of coupling looks rather complex and cumbersome to manipulate, we show that the relational program logic pRHL---the logic underlying the EasyCrypt cryptographic proof assistant---already internalizes a generalization of probabilistic coupling. With this insight, constructing couplings is no harder than constructing logical proofs. We demonstrate how to express and verify classic examples of couplings in pRHL, and we mechanically verify several couplings in EasyCrypt.
Leptogenesis in natural low-scale seesaw mechanisms
Creators: name: Lucente, Michele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the hypothesis of having an approximate lepton number conservation as a way to achieve a successful leptogenesis in low-scale seesaw mechanisms. The smallness of the active neutrino masses, as well as a strong degeneracy in the mass spectrum of the heavy sterile states, are both consequence of the assumed approximate symmetry. We propose a minimal extension of the Standard Model in order to implement the idea, and perform an analytical and numerical study to determine the viable solutions in the model and the testability of this leptogenesis scenario in future experiments.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures. To appear in the proceedings of The European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, 22-29 July 2015 in Vienna, Austria
Indexation en dollars constants des données sur les dépenses tirées de l'Enquête sur les dépenses des ménages
Creators: name: Snider, Bradley
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005

description: Le présent document de consultation passe en revue les recherches déjà menées sur ce sujet ainsi que les deux méthodes principales de conversion des données des enquêtes sur les dépenses en dollars constants. Il vise à montrer aux parties intéressées comment les deux méthodes diffèrent sur le plan de la complexité de leur mise en œuvre et de leur interprétation. Nous invitons les lecteurs intéressés à commenter la valeur relative des approches.
Additional file 3 of The relationship between publication of high-quality evidence and changes in the volume and trend of subacromial decompression surgery for patients with subacromial pain syndrome in hospitals across Australia, Europe and the United States: a controlled interrupted time series analysis
Creators: name: Geurkink, Timon H.
name: van Bodegom-Vos, Leti
name: Nagels, Jochem
name: Liew, Susan
name: Stijnen, Pieter
name: Nelissen, Rob G.H.H.
name: Marang-van de Mheen, Perla J.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Neuroscience

description: Supplementary Material 3: Appendix C. Additional results.
Zero Proof Beverages
Creators: name: Bergman, Christine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 309999
subject: Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The global nonalcoholic beverage market is estimated to account for 74% of the alcoholic beverage sector. About 40% of expenditures on nonalcoholic beverages and 45% of alcoholic beverage purchases occur in hospitality properties. Additionally, demand for nonalcoholic beverages has increased over the past few years due to consumer interests in health and fitness. Hospitality undergraduate degree programs offer many courses focused on alcoholic beverages, yet non-alcohol (e.g., zero-proof) beverage courses are rare. The objective of this study was to identify the key beverages and related topics important for inclusion in a zero-proof beverage course, an optimal framework for use in designing a course to enhance student success, and to design such a course. A focus group with food and beverage professionals and a survey of hospitality beverage educators found the following beverages to be of primary importance: coffee, tea, water, functional beverages, fermented beverages, and zero-proof cocktails. The primary topics identified for students to learn were beverage categories, history, culture/ethnic/religious group preferences, consumption trends, production methods, human health and wellbeing, environmental and social sustainability, sensory properties, service styles, and pricing strategies. A zero-proof beverages course was created following the Integrated Course Design Framework, and it was reviewed by several beverage industry and education professionals and improved accordingly.