cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Gadolinium enhanced 3D proton density driven equilibrium MR imaging in the evaluation of cerebellopontine angle tumor : comparison with balanced fast-field-echo sequence
Creators: name: Ahn, Sung Jun
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: MR
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Head and neck
subject: Comparative studies
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Cerebrospinal fluid
subject: Neoplasia

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Balanced steady-stated free precession (bSSFP) sequence are commonly used in the evaluation of cerebello pontine angle and internal auditory canal (CPA-IAC) These sequences have some disadvantages Difficult to discriminate cranial nerve, vessels or...
Instanton-dyon Ensemble with two Dynamical Quarks: the Chiral Symmetry Breaking
Creators: name: Larsen, Rasmus
name: Shuryak, Edward
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This is the second paper of the series aimed at understanding the ensemble of instanton-dyons, now with two flavors of light dynamical quarks. The partition function is appended by the fermionic factor, $(det T)^{N_f}$ and Dirac eigenvalue spectra at small values are derived from the numerical simulation of 64 and 128 dyons. Those spectra show clear chiral symmetry breaking pattern at high dyon density.
description: 11 pages, 17 figures
The role of WM in formal and intuitive geometry
Creators: name: Leibovich-Raveh, Tali
name: ghadban, hissen
name: abu samra, jwana
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cognitive Psychology
subject: Education
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: geomtery
subject: working memory

description: The aim of the study is to directly evaluate the role of working memory (WM) in intuitive and formal (middle-school level) geometry.
Spin-Ice State of the Quantum Heisenberg Antiferromagnet on the Pyrochlore Lattice
Creators: name: Huang, Yuan
name: Chen, Kun
name: Deng, Youjin
name: Prokof'ev, Nikolay
name: Svistunov, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the low-temperature physics of the $SU(2)$-symmetric spin-$1/2$ Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a pyrochlore lattice and find fingerprint evidence for the thermal spin-ice state in this frustrated quantum magnet. Our conclusions are based on the results of bold diagrammatic Monte Carlo simulations, with good convergence of the skeleton series down to the temperature $T/J=1/6$. The identification of the spin-ice state is done through a remarkably accurate microscopic correspondence for the static structure factor between the quantum Heisenberg, classical Heisenberg, and Ising models at all accessible temperatures, and the characteristic bowtie pattern with pinch points observed at $T/J=1/6$. The dynamic structure factor at real frequencies (obtained by the analytic continuation of numerical data) is consistent with diffusive spinon dynamics at the pinch points.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
An action research study concerning how clinicians formulate treatment choices for people with personality disorder: using hermeneutic and IPA methods.
Creators: name: Graham, Judith
Publisher: name: University of Derby
Year: 2017
Subjects: Personality Disorder
Formulation
Treatment Choice
Treatment Decision
Action Research
Interpretive phenomenological analysis

description: Background: Personality Disorder treatment is a contentious subject in health care. Despite available research concerning the diagnosis itself and also available treatments, there is little research regarding treatment thresholds or defining how treatment decisions can be formulated. This problem has been identified by clinicians, patients, supervisors and specific organisations, particularly linked to recent healthcare changes associated with austerity measures. Research Question: How can mental health care staff use a formulated decision process concerning therapeutic interventions for people with PD, when considering the recent service changes and rationalisation of available treatments? Methods: An Action Research study has been conducted over a four year period, using predominantly qualitative methods including: a hermeneutic literature review (n=144 papers), patient questionnaires (n=15) and Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of clinician and supervisor semi-structured interviews (n=10). Results: Difficulties have been found when making decisions with people who either do not accept their diagnosis and/or do not accept the current evidence-based treatments for personality disorder. Other challenges have been identified regarding the patient/clinician relationship, the level of distress the patient presents with, and also the clinician view concerning the individual, the diagnosis, and the available treatments. The IPA produced five super-ordinate themes related to decision-making regarding treatment choices for people with personality disorder, including: difficulties with boundary management, diagnostic stigma, a focus upon time, metacognitive ability, and the potential for iatrogenic harm. Conclusions: Multiple factors require consideration when examining treatment choices for people with a personality disorder, concerning the patient's individual symptom profile, needs, attitude towards treatments; the clinician's profession, attitudes, opinions, and wellness on the day of the assessment, and also the treatments available within the locality. A diagram has been presented summarising these formulation factors. Recommendations have been made based upon the results, analysis, synthesis and discussion sections, indicating potential practice changes and areas for future research.
VISUAL OUTCOMES IN KERATOCONUS: THE ROLE OF DEMOGRAPHICS, CLINICAL PROFILE, AND GAS PERMEABLE (GP) LENSES
Creators: name: MUHAMMAD KASHIF
name: MUTHULAKSHMI ALAGAN
name: NISHA NAMBIAR
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: ETDRS, Visual Acuity, Keratoconus, Gas Permeable Lenses.

description: Abstract

Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the clinical and demographic profile of patients with keratoconus and assess visual outcomes with corneal gas permeable (GP) lenses. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted at the Ophthalmology Department, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar from November 2022 to November 2023 using a non-probability consecutive sampling technique. All subjects diagnosed with keratoconus were identified using the modified Rabinowitz criteria. Detailed eye and visual assessments were performed using slit-lamp biomicroscopy, ETDRS, and a keratometer. Data on clinical and demographic profiles were collected using a structured questionnaire. Data entry and analysis were performed with Jamovi version 2.3. Results: A total of 637 patients, aged 20.6±5.97 years, were included in the study, with a gender distribution of 71.7% male and 28.3% female. Clinical findings revealed Vogt’s striae in 16.8% of right eyes (RE) and 15.1% of left eyes(LE), Fleischer’s ring in 15.6% of RE and 16.6% of LE, and naked nerve fibers in 14.5% of RE and 14.6% of LE. No significant difference in visual acuity with RGP lenses between genders (p = 0.097), while a significant increase in visual acuity with RGP lenses was observed (p < 0.001). Significant association between the presence of Vogt’s striae in both eyes and a history of allergic conditions were observed (p = 0.032). Conclusion: Clinical findings were prevalent among all patients, and a statistically significant improvement was observed with GP lenses.
UV Disinfection of Norwalk Virus and Other Enteric Viruses and Their Detection by RT-PCR
Creators: name: Newland, Sophie V.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1997

description: Norwalk virus (NV) is an important cause of waterborne gastroenteritis, yet its response to UV disinfection is unknown. Non-culturable and without an animal model, reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR) or an alternative nucleic acid amplification method is the only practical way to detect and quantify this virus in water. However, we have found that RT-PCR under estimates the loss of virus infectivity by UV radiation. In an effort to improve the predictability of RT-PCR amplification for the loss of virus infectivity by UV disinfection, we investigated alternatives to single amplicon, direct RT-PCR. In addition to NV, coliphage MS2 as well as polio virus type 3 (PV3) and type 1 (PV1) were included in the study to compare infectivity assays to RT-PCR assays for quantifying virus inactivation by UV radiation. Based on infectivity assays, a UV dose of 150 mW-sec/cm^2 reduced MS2 and PV1 by 4.8 and ≥ 5.8log[10], respectively. By direct RT-PCR amplification of genomic targets of about 200-250 BP, this dose of UV radiation produced from zero to 1 log[10] titer reduction in any of the three viruses. In order to improve the detection of UV damage to viral genomic RNA, RT-PCR amplification was performed at multiple targets. However, even at a high dose of 550 mW-sec/cm^2, there was no increase in the observed reduction in virus titer by RT-PCR amplification of 200-250 BP targets. In an effort to recover and detect only antigenically functional virions containing genomic RNA, antigen capture/RT-PCR was applied to UV irradiated viruses. No significant decrease in AC/RT-PCR titer was observed for all three viruses, despite extensive inactivation of the infectivity of MS2 and PV1. Amplicon length was increased to 500-1300 BP in an effort to improve detection of UV damage. The increase in amplicon size better estimated PV1 inactivation and detected greater inactivation at lower doses for NV. The results of this study indicate that RT-PCR amplification at multiple genomic sites and antigen-capture RT-PCR using polyclonal antibodies are not reliable methods to quantify the inactivation of viruses by UV radiation. However, amplification of longer RNA genomic targets may improve the ability of RT-PCR to predict reduction of virus infectivity by UV radiation.
Understanding the Levers for Improving Teacher Quality
Creators: name: Admin, RISE
name: Brown, Christina
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: Teacher education and professional development of educators
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Great teachers can lead to significant improvements in academic performance and long-term student outcomes and serve as models for their fellow teachers. A student who has a one standard deviation better teacher for one year will have about a 0.25 standard deviation increase in test scores. Therefore, a challenge to policymakers is how to attract talented individuals to teaching, accurately screen for quality at the time of hiring, and incentivise them to stay in the classroom.
Automated MPI segmentation in X-space and calibration to quantify iron concentration in a tracer distribution
Creators: name: Sun, Zewen
name: Tian, Jie
name: Du, Yang
Publisher: name: International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging IJMPI
Year: 2023

description: Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a new, radiation-free medical imaging modality that relies on the non-linear magnetization response of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) to reconstruct their concentration distribution with high sensitivity and medical safety. Current quantification methods for region of interest (ROI) are inadequate and are usually outlined manually or using deep learning methods. We propose two new models for ROI selection based on machine learning, one is the K-means++-based threshold-inflated image segmentation model and the other is the image segmentation model based on MPI simulation and SVM. We have developed an accurate quantification of 2D MPI images and established the calibration curve to predict the corresponding iron content based on the MPI image.
description: International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging IJMPI, Vol 9 No 1 Suppl 1 (2023)
Bayesian parameter estimation for effective field theories
Creators: name: Wesolowski, S.
name: Klco, N.
name: Furnstahl, R. J.
name: Phillips, D. R.
name: Thapaliya, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present procedures based on Bayesian statistics for estimating, from data, the parameters of effective field theories (EFTs). The extraction of low-energy constants (LECs) is guided by theoretical expectations in a quantifiable way through the specification of Bayesian priors. A prior for natural-sized LECs reduces the possibility of overfitting, and leads to a consistent accounting of different sources of uncertainty. A set of diagnostic tools are developed that analyze the fit and ensure that the priors do not bias the EFT parameter estimation. The procedures are illustrated using representative model problems, including the extraction of LECs for the nucleon mass expansion in SU(2) chiral perturbation theory from synthetic lattice data.
description: 40 pages, 40 figures. Final version to appear in JPhysG
title: Hemorrhagic complications of percutaneous cryoablation for renal cancer. Results of a prospective 5-year study.
Creators: name: Georgiades, Christos
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Kidney
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Ablation procedures
subject: Cancer

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Image-guided, percutaneous cryoablation is gaining ground as a curative treatment option for stage 1A&B renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The safety profile of the procedure is favorable with a reported major complication rate ranging from 3.2% to 8.6%...
title: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging findings of kidneys in patients with renal obstructive uropathy and high values of creatinine
Creators: name: Oyar, Orhan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Kidney
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: Obstruction / Occlusion

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Hydronephrosis is an urinary flow disorder and etiology of it is due to the expansion of pelvicalyceal system including a very wide group of pathology. Urinary obstruction that causes hydronephrosis, may lead to an increase in retrograde...
Additional file 2 of Multispectral fluorescence imaging of EGFR and PD-L1 for precision detection of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a preclinical and clinical study
Creators: name: Jin, Nenghao
name: An, Yu
name: Tian, Yu
name: Zhang, Zeyu
name: He, Kunshan
name: Chi, Chongwei
name: Mu, Wei
name: Tian, Jie
name: Du, Yang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2. Original images of Western blotting
Emergence of strongly connected giant components in continuum disk-spin percolation
Creators: name: Caravelli, Francesco
name: Bardoscia, Marco
name: Caccioli, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a continuum model of percolation in two dimensions for overlapping disks with spin. In this model the existence of bonds is determined by the distance between the centers of the disks, and by the scalar product of the (randomly) directed spin with the direction of the vector connecting the centers of neighboring disks. The direction of a single spin is controlled by a "temperature", representing the amount of polarization of the spins in the direction of an external field. Our model is inspired by biological neuronal networks and aims to characterize their topological properties when axonal guidance plays a major role. We numerically study the phase diagram of the model observing the emergence of a giant strongly connected component, representing the portion of neurons that are causally connected. We provide strong evidence that the critical exponents depend on the temperature.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures; new analysis added; typos corrected; accepted for publication in Journal of Statistical Mechanics
We Have to Protect the Kids
Creators: name: Admin, RISE
name: Das, Jishnu
name: Daniels, Benjamin
name: Andrabi, Tahir
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: Education policy
Education systems not elsewhere classified
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Interruptions to the accumulation of human capital due to disasters and subsequent disruptions to economies and schooling can be severe, even when households receive compensation to tide them over in difficult times. Following a study of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, a seemingly full recovery for adults and infrastructure, hid deep and lasting scars on children. The losses to human capital may well continue to accumulate further after children returned to school. In the example given of the earhtquake, children that fell behind were not able to catch up with the curriculum. The earthquake also widened inequalities as children whose mothers were more educated, were insulated from learning losses.
Dimensional Effects on the Density of States in Systems with Quasi-Relativistic Dispersion Relations and Potential Wells
Creators: name: Pokraka, A.
name: Dick, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recent discoveries of materials with quasi-relativistic dispersion relations, we determine densities of states in materials with low dimensional substructures and relativistic dispersion relations. We find that these dimensionally hybrid systems yield quasi-relativistic densities of states that are a superposition of the corresponding two- and three-dimensional densities of states.
description: To be submitted to the Canadian Journal of Physics, 8 pages, 4 figues
Sensitivity Analysis of Critical Input Parameters
Creators: name: VandenBerge, Daniel
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Geotechnical Engineering
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Engineering
subject: Civil and Environmental Engineering
subject: limit equilibrium
subject: non-circular
subject: search method
subject: slope stability

description: Search methods for non-circular slip surfaces in limit equilibrium slope stability analysis were evaluated using a sensitivity analysis. The input parameters for each method were varied systematically to determine if the parameter had a significant effect on the output. Results are organized by the search method and the slope geometry evaluated.
MicroRNA-193b-3p reduces oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage in rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury via the seven in absentia homolog 1/Jun N-terminal kinase pathway
Creators: name: Yang, Tianye
name: Wu, Jiajun
name: Ge, Kui
name: Wang, Fanlin
name: Fan, Jingxian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Ischemic stroke is one of the major causes of death and disability among adults. This study sought to explore the mechanism of microRNA (miR)-193b-3p in rats with cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. The cerebral I/R injury models of rats were established using the suture-occluded method. The pathological changes were observed, and oxidative stress (OS) and mitochondrial function indexes in rat brain tissue were examined. The levels of miR-193b-3p and seven in absentia homolog 1 (SIAH1) were detected. miR-193b-3p agomir or antagomir was injected into the lateral ventricle of I/R rats to overexpress or inhibit miR-193b-3p expression. The targeting relationship between miR-193b-3p and SIAH1 was verified. The effect of SIAH1 overexpression on brain injury in I/R rats was investigated by injecting the lentivirus vector into the lateral ventricle. The phosphorylation level of Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) was identified. miR-193b-3p was lowly expressed in I/R rats. Overexpression of miR-193b-3p alleviated the pathological damage of I/R rats and limited the OS and mitochondrial damage. miR-193b-3p targeted SIAH1. Overexpression of SIAH1 partially reversed the protection of miR-193b-3p overexpression against cerebral I/R injury. p-JNK was up-regulated in I/R rats and overexpression of miR-193b-3p inhibited p-JNK. Overall, overexpression of miR-193b-3p targeted SIAH1 to inhibit the activation of the JNK pathway and protect rats against cerebral I/R injury.
Additional file 4 of The silent epidemic: exploring the link between loneliness and chronic diseases in China’s elderly
Creators: name: Meng, Lingbing
name: Xu, Ruofan
name: Li, Jianyi
name: Hu, Jiabin
name: Xu, Hongxuan
name: Wu, Dishan
name: Hu, Xing
name: Zeng, Xuezhai
name: Zhang, Qiuxia
name: Li, Juan
name: Liu, Deping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 4
title: Current role of interventions in metastatic kidney tumors: single center experience
Creators: name: Lagana, Domenico
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Multidisciplinary cancer care
subject: Metastases
subject: Filter insertions
subject: Embolisation
subject: Ablation procedures
subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Management
subject: Kidney
subject: Interventional non-vascular

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: This study on the treatment of kidney tumor metastases aims to expose our experience in different interventional therapies for renal cell carcinomas metastasis in different organs, broaching their complications and comparing our results with the...
The Practical Use of Chlorine Dioxide For Trihalomethane Control in Drinking Water
Creators: name: Brooks, Charles Vance, IV
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1985

description: Three Southeastern United States water treatment plants using chlorine dioxide, one of the methods available for controlling trihalomethanes, are studied in detail. Treatment records are reviewed, and tests of the water are made for THM, TOX, TOC, and residual disinfectants. A treatment scheme using ClO2 as a pre-oxidant/disinfectant and Cl2 as a final disinfectant is found to give fairly equivalent water to that from the same treatment scheme using Cl2 alone. Trihalomethane concentration is greatly reduced when using ClO2/Cl2 rather than Cl2 alone. However, high chlorite concentration and microorganism regrowth in the distribution system can both be problems in poor quality waters.
title: Evaluation of MRI and clinical findings of temporomandibular joint disorder with two different methods before and after the treatment with stabilization splint therapy
Creators: name: Çakır, Banu
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Swallowing disorders
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: MR
subject: Head and neck

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is the name given for all of the functional and structural diseases belonging to the components that form the masticatory system. Among these diseases, internal disorder (ID) is the most commonly observed. ID...
We Knew Fire was Hot
Creators: name: Admin, RISE
name: Pritchett, Lant
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: Education systems not elsewhere classified
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This insight highlights a paper by Ludger Woessmann on testing which shows that the best possible methods should be used for identifying causal impacts of system interventions of whatever type, wherever possible. The RISE programme starts from the premise that there is little or no promise in additional research efforts that examine the impact of specific, known, inputs into education processes, like class size or textbooks. Additionally, one needs to embed individual results in a framework in order to understand how to extend them to new contexts. The emphasis should be on endogenous, context specific, systems for improvement, rather than imposition of external “best practice”.
title: Utilisation of combined 18F-FDG PET/CT scan for differential diagnosis between benign and malignant adrenal enlargement
Creators: name: Kim, Young-hwan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: PET-CT
subject: CT
subject: Nuclear medicine
subject: Kidney
subject: Abdomen
subject: Neoplasia

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: The adrenal gland is a common site of metastasis in patients with cancer. Up to 50% of adrenal lesions in patients with known primary non-adrenal cancers are malignant disease [1–4]. The most common malignant lesions that metastasise to the...
The Impact of The Decomposition Products of Antispatter Compounds on Welder's Health
Creators: name: Stewart, Cynthia G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1986

description: In arc and gas welding, metal particles expelled during welding which do not form part of the weld are called spatter. Excessive spatter adjacent to the weld is considered to be a defect and therefore is unacceptable. Antispatter compounds used to prevent spatter build-up (on parent metals, fixtures, welding gun nozzles, contact tips, or electrode holders) may decompose during the welding process to form hazardous gaseous compounds. This study explores the theory that antispatter compounds which contain chlorinated hydrocarbons may decompose to form phosgene (carbonyl chloride). The phosgene concentration created by specific chlorinated hydrocarbons present in various antispatter compounds is investigated. The cause of one welder's illness following the use of an antispatter compound may be implied from the results of the study.
Leading with love : conducting value-driven collaborative processes
Creators: name: Osborn, Kristen
name: 0009-0002-4807-1740
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Theatre
Leadership
Love
Values

description: This thesis will explore the ways in which a value-driven model of leadership can contribute to successful collaborations in the production of live theatrical events as measured by both high artistic merit as well as the establishment and maintenance of a positive collaborative environment, sense of community, and foundation of trust among a creative team. I will conduct an examination of the works I have directed and produced while pursuing my Master of Fine Arts in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin and engage in dialogue with collaborators from these projects. I will also analyze moments of success and failure in my development and application of a model of value-driven leadership. In addition, this thesis will invite the reader to actively engage in step-by-step exercises to build their own value-driven leadership model.
title: Various kinds of cystic tumor or tumor-like lesions in the kidney :radiologic-pathologic correlation.
Creators: name: Yoon, Jung-Hee
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Kidney
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Biopsy
subject: Cancer
subject: Infection
subject: Inflammation

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: 1. To differentiate various cystictumor or tumor-likelesions from developmental, inflammatory, neoplastic lesionin the kidney and perirenal space. 2. Tointroducekey radiologic findings of various cystic tumor correlated with pathologic...
A Method for Unfolding the Spectrum of Neutron Energies Produced by Medical Linear Accelerators
Creators: name: DeForest, William W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 1988

description: The use of high energy linear accelerators for radiation therapy has given rise to an unexpected Health Physics concern. These accelerators are designed to produce electrons or photons in excess of 10 MeV. In recent years it has been noted that these accelerators are producing significant fluences of high energy neutrons which contribute greatly to the dose equivalent received by technicians and others in areas adjacent to treatment rooms. Proper shielding of these neutron fluences requires knowledge of the neutron spectrum at barriers to the treatment room. The present paper presents one method by which the neutron spectrum may be unfolded. The method makes use of Bonner Sphere data and matrix inversion computer codes to approximate the spectrum of neutrons produced by medical linear accelerators.
title: Ocular and Periocular Ultrasound Elastography in Diabetic Retinopathy
Creators: name: AGLADIOGLU, KADIR
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Outcomes
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Elastography
subject: Eyes

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: In this study, we performed ultrasound elastography (USE) in diabetic patients. It would be expected that after argon laser pan-retinal photocoagulation (PRP), fibrosis occurs and this might cause tissue hardness. We wanted to reveal the effects of...
Using real options to value optimal threshold for renewable energy technologies of a tax credit based on cost of carbon offset
Creators: name: Thakral, Avish
name: 0009-0002-6905-582X
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Real options
Tax credits
Binomial option pricing model
Cost of carbon

description: Despite significant cost reduction over the years, most renewable energy technologies still depend for deployment on federal subsidies and tax incentives in the form of Production Tax Credits (PTCs) and Investment Tax Credits (ITCs). The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provisions around $260 billion dollars in the form of consumer and corporate tax incentives over the next ten years to support clean energy technologies and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by the next decade. While most of these tax incentives are based on the costs involved in the project such as for ITCs and the amount of electricity production for PTCs, there arises the question of whether the total value of tax credits that each technology gets holistically represents its lifetime avoided carbon emissions. In other words, how green is the technology? This thesis proposes and evaluates an alternate approach to the tax credit structure which integrates the value of avoided carbon emissions using avoided emissions methodology and the standardized Benefit Per Ton (BPT) method published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This method uses the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) as a measure of quantifying the benefits of avoided emissions. To value the new proposed tax credit structure and assess the benefits of this approach, the thesis uses and compares the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Real Options Analysis (ROA) using the Binomial Option Pricing method. Both valuation models are done for a hypothetical 100 MW utility-scale solar power plant connected to the Austin Energy Node (AEN) inside the state of Texas. To value the option, we consider the role of the time-dependent declining strike price, which is the unit installation cost of the project. The binomial model is found to have a greater value than the DCF model as it not only incorporates the latter but also the feature of optimal exercise date. The thesis further evaluates the optimal threshold of cost of carbon where the investor will do optimal early exercise of this option with the new proposed tax credits as a constraint.
Weakest Part of Poorly-Performing Educational Systems: An Argument for Focus on "Teaching at the Right Level" and Improved Foundation-Year Performance
Creators: name: Admin, RISE
name: Crouch, Luis
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: Education systems not elsewhere classified
Inclusive education
Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This note argues that in some 35 to 40 countries that are expanding education very quickly, there are learning problems that originate in the earliest grades, showing as a massive over-enrolment during this stage. The countries in question are typically not upper-middle or high-income countries, where the issue has been resolved. Nor, are they the very poorest countries, which have not mobilised towards massive enrolment expansion. Instead, the typical countries in this situation are countries such as Rwanda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Timor-Leste, and others that have received a great deal of funding and attention from development agencies, and have expanded enrolment quickly in the last decade or two. The arguments in this note are for countries that have serious systems problems and will hopefully learn from the RISE experience, including the identification of which sub-systems the learning should be applied to.
Using Schema-based Metadata for Image Labels accessed with FAIR Digital Objects
Creators: name: Blumenröhr, Nicolas
name: Aversa, Rossella
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2022
Subjects: FAIR Digital Objects
Metadata
Schemas
Vocabularies
Machine Learning

description: Scientific image data sets can be continuously enriched by labels describing new features which are relevant for some specific task. This process can be automated by means of Machine Learning (ML) techniques. Although such an approach shows clear advantages, especially when it is applied to large datasets, it also poses an important challenge: Relabeling image data sets curated by different scientists, in order to collectively use them for ML, requires a common agreement on the labels which can be used. This can be achieved thanks to the use of a standardized way to describe the label information: a metadata schema including vocabularies. Furthermore, machine-actionable decisions on the label information for relabeling can be enabled by the representation of images and schema-based metadata as FAIR Digital Objects (DOs). We introduce a metadata schema including vocabularies to describe ML image data represented as FAIR DOs that can be accessed for relabeling. The specifications of the metadata schema are presented. The relevance of a standardized metadata description including vocabularies for relabeling ML image data is emphasized. It is shown how the metadata is accessed with FAIR DOs and how vocabularies support automated relabeling. This contribution supplements the content of “FAIR DO Application Case for Composing Machine Learning Training Data” with a focus on the semantic aspects for relabeling. This work has been supported by the research program ‘Engineering Digital Futures’ of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers and the Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration Platform. This project has received funding from the ‘European Union’s Horizon 2020‘ research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 101007417 within the framework of the ‘NFFA-Europe Pilot‘ (NEP) Joint Activities.
title: Ethanol ablation of benign thyroid cysts and predominantly cystic thyroid nodules: factors that predict outcome.
Creators: name: Park, Jinyoung
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cysts
subject: Ablation procedures
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Thyroid / Parathyroids
subject: Head and neck

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: No study has investigated the relationship between aspirate color or degree of aspiration on the success of ethanol ablation (EA) of cystic thyroid nodules. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of EA of benign cystic thyroid nodules and assess the...
Survival and Sodium Hypochlorite Disinfection of Potential Ebola Virus Surrogates MS2, PhiX-174, and Phi6 in a Conservative Matrix of Raw Hospital Sewage and Human Fecal Waste
Creators: name: Strasser, Joseph
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Between March 2014 and January 2016, West Africa experienced the largest Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in history. For the duration of the epidemic, a number of instances occurred where infected individuals were transported outside of West Africa to be treated in hospitals in more developed nations (i.e. United States). Fecal wastes produced from Ebola cases in health care facilities in the United States can be discharged directly into local sewage systems without pre-treatment in accordance to guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There is a need for understanding how Ebola virus may persist in these wastes and to develop protocols for appropriate in situ disinfection pre-treatment of Ebola fecal wastes. Potential Ebola virus surrogates, MS2 coliphage, PhiX-174 coliphage, and Phi6 bacteriophage, were tested for survival at 22 and 37°C and disinfection with sodium hypochlorite in a conservative matrix of raw hospital sewage amended with human fecal waste. Phi6 required approximately nine days for a 5 log10 (99.999%) target reduction at the ambient condition (22°C) and, due to the presence of an outer lipid envelope layer, may conservatively represent the survivability of Ebola virus in a comparable fecal waste matrix. Target 5 log10 reductions of MS2 and PhiX-174 at 22 C required a predicted six and twelve weeks, respectively. All surrogate viruses were inactivated more rapidly at 37°C than at 22°C. Surrogates Phi6 and PhiX-174 were disinfected with sodium hypochlorite to a target 5 log10 (99.999%) reduction in 10 minutes at initial free chlorine concentrations of 2,800 and 3,500 mg/L, respectively. Free chlorine was rapidly consumed in the organic rich matrix, and therefore, high initial sodium hypochlorite concentrations were required to achieve significant reductions in viral titer. MS2 was extremely resistant to free chlorine disinfection and target reductions were not achieved with even the highest tested initial free chlorine concentrations. Disinfection kinetics were adequately described using the Selleck model, accounting for a first-order disinfectant decay rate. Enveloped surrogate persistence in raw sewage and fecal waste indicates precautionary pre-treatment with a high concentration of free chlorine may greatly reduce risk. Due to its nearly universal availability in health care settings, sodium hypochlorite (liquid bleach) is an appropriate chemical disinfectant for inactivating Ebola virus in a fecal waste matrix, but is not highly recommended because of the significant concentrations and volumes required to overcome the oxidizable organic content of such a matrix.
Observation of Energy and Baseline Dependent Reactor Antineutrino Disappearance in the RENO Experiment
Creators: name: RENO Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The RENO experiment has analyzed about 500 live days of data to observe an energy dependent disappearance of reactor $\overlineν_e$ by comparison of their prompt signal spectra measured in two identical near and far detectors. In the period between August 2011 and January 2013, the far (near) detector observed 31541 (290775) electron antineutrino candidate events with a background fraction of 4.9\% (2.8\%). The measured prompt spectra show an excess of reactor $\overlineν_e$ around 5 MeV relative to the prediction from a most commonly used model. A clear energy and baseline dependent disappearance of reactor $\overlineν_e$ is observed in the deficit of the observed number of $\overlineν_e$. Based on the measured far-to-near ratio of prompt spectra, we obtain $\sin^2 2 θ_{13} = 0.082 \pm 0.009({\rm stat.}) \pm 0.006({\rm syst.})$ and $|Δm_{ee}^2| =[2.62_{-0.23}^{+0.21}({\rm stat.}) _{-0.13}^{+0.12}({\rm syst.})]\times 10^{-3}$~eV$^2$.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, Accepted in PRL for publication
The correlation of delivery mode with the natural evolution of cervical intraepithelial lesions in pregnant patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature.
Creators: name: Douligeris, Athanasios
name: Pergialiotis, Vasilios
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Obstetrics and Gynecology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties

description: Investigation of the correlation of the delivery mode of labour with the natural evolution of patients with cervical intraepithelial lesions during pregnancy.
Evaluation of Powdered and Granular Activated Carbon for the Removal of Odor-causing Compounds at the OWASA Water Treatment Plant
Creators: name: Serra, Natalie V.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2000

description: The Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA), which services the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, has experienced taste and odor causing algal blooms in the two reservoirs from which it draws water - University Lake and Cane Creek Reservoir. These algal blooms generate earthy-musty odors by the production of the secondary metabolites geosmin and methylisoborneol (MIB). Although taste and odor are of secondary concern in water treatment consumers will frequently judge the quality of their tap water by its aesthetic appeal. Since geosmin and MIB are highly resistant to oxidation by conventional treatment methods, this study investigated adsorption by powdered activated carbon (PAC)added at the coagulation step and granular activated carbon (GAC) as a replacement for existing filter media (a filter cap). The Flavor Profile Method (FPM) and an "electronic nose", the Aromascan, were employed as analytical tools to evaluate the extent of odor removal in treated samples of OWASA raw and settled water. Bench-scale studies showed that the effectiveness of PAC was variable over summer sampling and was also dependent on the type of PAC (Westvaco Aquanuchar vs. Hydrodarco B). GAC as a filter cap offered more positive control than PAC, but competition with natural organic matter lessened its effectiveness.
Additional file 2 of Pregnancy complications and autoimmune diseases in women: systematic review and meta-analysis
Creators: name: Singh, Megha
name: Fayaz, Fathima Fazla Ahamed
name: Wang, Jingya
name: Wambua, Steven
name: Subramanian, Anuradha
name: Reynolds, John A.
name: Nirantharakumar, Krishnarajah
name: Crowe, Francesca
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2.
title: CT findings of metanephric adenoma of the kidney: correlation with pathological features
Creators: name: Llei, Mo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Kidney
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Outcomes analysis
subject: Cancer

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of this study was to discuss CT findings and pathological basis of metanephric adenoma（MA） of the...
Group-theoretic relations for partial amplitudes in gauge theories with orthogonal group
Creators: name: Huang, Jia-Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is very important to find some nontrivial relations for color-ordered amplitudes at loop levels. In the last several years, a pure group-theoretic method has been proposed to study loop level relations for color-ordered amplitudes in $\sun$ gauge theories. In this paper, we apply the same method to study the linear relations for loop level four point color-ordered gluon amplitudes in gauge theory with $\son$ group and find that there are $1,6,10,13,16$ constraint relations at $L=0,1,2,3,4$ loop level. It is expected that there are more group-theoretic constraints for high loop levels. The constraint relations should be derived order by order in $\son$ gauge theories. This is unlike the $\sun$ case, where there are only four constraints for higher $(L\geqslant 2)$ loop amplitudes.
description: mistakes corrected, conclusion changed
Considerations of risk tolerance in developing probability-based inter-utility transfer agreements
Creators: name: Caldwell, Casey H.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2008

description: Rapid population growth has caused concern for the future reliability of water supply systems. Water transfers are one method that allows utilities to meet demand during dry periods while avoiding, or at least forestalling the need to build costly new supply capacity. Transfer agreements must have clearly defined terms and decision rules to be effectively implemented. In developing these rules, careful consideration should be given to the level of risk tolerance of both the purchasing and selling utilities, as these factors can significantly impact the nature of the agreements. This study uses a simulation to evaluate transfer agreements that include different mechanisms to reduce risk for both the buyer and seller. For the seller these include seasonal and volume-based restrictions, to protect the ability to meet the demands of its own customers. For the buyers this involves setting conditions, or triggers, under which they can request transfers such that their risk of a short fall is very low, even given uncertainty over population growth or climate change impacts. Results show that the more risk-averse transfer agreements can increase average annual costs significantly when compared to a higher-risk "minimum cost" scenario. While some level of risk aversion is justified based on the degree of social/economic disruption that might occur if a shortfall came to pass, these results estimate the costs of this risk aversion. A range of potential agreement structures are considered, with the volume, frequency and cost of each transfer program varying considerably depending on the risk-reduction mechanisms incorporated.