cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Romanticism and Reflection in Schleiermacher
Creators: name: Gould, Walter H.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4705
subject: Literary studies

description: Romanticism flourished in England and on the continent during Schleirmachers' time. In fact, during his lifetime, it reached the zenith of its power in England, France and Germany. It represented a growing reaction against the authority of conventions, cold classicism, the repression of aspiration and the dominance of church and state. It was greatly aided by the French Revolution which began in 1789.
Romanticism and Reflection in Schleiermacher
Creators: name: Gould, Walter H.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Romanticism flourished in England and on the continent during Schleirmachers' time. In fact, during his lifetime, it reached the zenith of its power in England, France and Germany. It represented a growing reaction against the authority of conventions, cold classicism, the repression of aspiration and the dominance of church and state. It was greatly aided by the French Revolution which began in 1789.
Ecosystems are showing symptoms of resilience loss
Creators: name: Rocha, Juan C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ecosystems around the world are at risk of critical transitions due to increasing anthropogenic pressures and climate change. Yet it is unclear where the risks are higher or where in the world ecosystems are more vulnerable. Here I measure resilience of primary productivity proxies for marine and terrestrial ecosystems globally. Up to 29% of global terrestrial ecosystem, and 24% marine ones, show symptoms of resilience loss. These symptoms are shown in all biomes, but Arctic tundra and boreal forest are the most affected, as well as the Indian Ocean and Eastern Pacific. Although the results are likely an underestimation, they enable the identification of risk areas as well as the potential synchrony of some transitions, helping prioritize areas for management interventions and conservation.
description: 19 pages (including SM), 7 figures on main text, 7 SM figures
Implementable Hybrid Quantum Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm
Creators: name: de Andoin, Mikel Garcia
name: Echanobe, Javier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a new hybrid quantum algorithm based on the classical Ant Colony Optimization algorithm to produce approximate solutions for NP-hard problems, in particular optimization problems. First, we discuss some previously proposed Quantum Ant Colony Optimization algorithms, and based on them, we develop an improved algorithm that can be truly implemented on near-term quantum computers. Our iterative algorithm codifies only the information about the pheromones and the exploration parameter in the quantum state, while subrogating the calculation of the numerical result to a classical computer. A new guided exploration strategy is used in order to take advantage of the quantum computation power and generate new possible solutions as a superposition of states. This approach is specially useful to solve constrained optimization problems, where we can implement efficiently the exploration of new paths without having to check the correspondence of a path to a solution before the measurement of the state. As an example of a NP-hard problem, we choose to solve the Quadratic Assignment Problem. The benchmarks made by simulating the noiseless quantum circuit and the experiments made on IBM quantum computers show the validity of the algorithm.
description: 19 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Quantum Machine Intelligence
The Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate
Creators: name: Housel, Jerry Winters
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study is an analysis of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a typical committee of the Senate and as part of the governmental institution (or one of the institutions) which determines American foreign policy. It describes the history, organization, personnel, functions, and outside relations of the committee as one of several similar Senate committees.
USIA Poll # 1985-I85066: International Issues
Creators: name: USIA
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2010

description: Newspaper/magazine readership (2); Sunday newspaper readership (1); television viewing (2); economic problems in Denmark (4); economic aid from other countries/EEC (2); strongest country economically (1); trade policies of various countries (3); trade policy (1); foreign investment in Denmark (1); role of government in the economy (2); pressure from other countries to adopt their policies (2); countries to defend Denmark if attacked (1); opinion of other countries (11); country with greatest influence on Denmark (2); countries values similar/different than Denmark (2); Great Britain-Denmark relations (2); United States-Denmark relations (2); Soviet Union-Denmark relations (2); next world war (2); military strength of the US/Soviet Union (1); policies to reduce chance of war (2); nuclear missiles arms control (5); reason for nuclear war (1); result of nuclear war (1); terrorism (1); information and technology (2); interest in politics (1); share opinions with friends (1).
Hiding Planets Near and Far: The Parameter Space of Hidden Companions for Known Planetary Systems
Creators: name: Faridani, Thea
name: Naoz, Smadar
name: Wei, Lingfeng
name: Farr, Will M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent ground and space-based observations show that stars with multiple planets are common in the galaxy. Most of these observational methods are biased toward detecting large planets near to their host stars. Because of these observational biases, these systems can hide small, close-in planets or far-orbiting (big or small) companions. These planets can still exert dynamical influence on known planets and have such influence exerted upon them in turn. In certain configurations, this influence can destabilize the system; in others, the star's gravitational influence can instead further stabilize the system. For example, in systems with planets close to the host star, effects arising from general relativity can help to stabilize the configuration. We derive criteria for hidden planets orbiting both beyond and within known planets that quantify how strongly general relativistic effects can stabilize systems that would otherwise be unstable. As a proof-of-concept, we investigate the several planets in a system based on Kepler 56, and show that the outermost planet will not disrupt the system even at high eccentricities, and show that an Earth-radius planet could be stable within this system if it orbits below 0.08 au. Furthermore, we provide specific predictions to known observed systems by constraining the parameter space of possible hidden planets.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, submitted to AAS Journals
The Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate
Creators: name: Housel, Jerry Winters
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4407
subject: Policy and administration
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science

description: This study is an analysis of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a typical committee of the Senate and as part of the governmental institution (or one of the institutions) which determines American foreign policy. It describes the history, organization, personnel, functions, and outside relations of the committee as one of several similar Senate committees.
BIPO Survey # 87, May, 1942
Creators: name: Gallup
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2014

description: Collecting salvage arrangements (1); budget changes (3); world's greatest living man (1); way to boost morale to fight war (1); Frederick Marquis job performance (1); war news source (2); cost of continent invasion as worthwhile (1); Allies beating Germany this year (1); best way to defeat Germany (1); main cause of war (1); best way to prevent future wars (1); satisfaction with government war conduct (2); Winston Churchill job performance (2).
A survey of the development and usages of applied vocational psychology in the United States
Creators: name: McDowell, Charles J.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education
classificationCode: 52
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This thesis has been inspired by the great need for vocational guidance which is so evident in many of our schools and colleges. Its purpose is to call attention to this need and to indicate some methods by which the need may be met. It is believed that this purpose may best be carried out by first acquainting the reader with the growth of the vocational guidance movement and with its essential purposes. Next, the psychological instruments available as aids in carrying out these purposes are presented. And finally a unified guidance program is outlined, showing the essential part which psychological measurements play in meeting the vocational needs of the individual in an efficient manner.
A survey of the development and usages of applied vocational psychology in the United States
Creators: name: McDowell, Charles J.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This thesis has been inspired by the great need for vocational guidance which is so evident in many of our schools and colleges. Its purpose is to call attention to this need and to indicate some methods by which the need may be met. It is believed that this purpose may best be carried out by first acquainting the reader with the growth of the vocational guidance movement and with its essential purposes. Next, the psychological instruments available as aids in carrying out these purposes are presented. And finally a unified guidance program is outlined, showing the essential part which psychological measurements play in meeting the vocational needs of the individual in an efficient manner.
British Gallup Poll CQ 702A
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Government approval (1); Margaret Thatcher job performance (1); James Callaghan job performance (1); David Steel job performance (1); party support (3); 1979 General Election (2); news about government (3); news about Liberal party (3); economic situation development (2); prices (2); personal financial situation (2); future unemployment (1); increased income (2); time to save (1); time to buy (1); ours working (1); job/company description (6); bathroom at work (7); wipe cloths work (2).
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Quantum State Preparation with Weak Nonlinear Measurements
Creators: name: Porotti, Riccardo
name: Essig, Antoine
name: Huard, Benjamin
name: Marquardt, Florian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum control has been of increasing interest in recent years, e.g. for tasks like state initialization and stabilization. Feedback-based strategies are particularly powerful, but also hard to find, due to the exponentially increased search space. Deep reinforcement learning holds great promise in this regard. It may provide new answers to difficult questions, such as whether nonlinear measurements can compensate for linear, constrained control. Here we show that reinforcement learning can successfully discover such feedback strategies, without prior knowledge. We illustrate this for state preparation in a cavity subject to quantum-non-demolition detection of photon number, with a simple linear drive as control. Fock states can be produced and stabilized at very high fidelity. It is even possible to reach superposition states, provided the measurement rates for different Fock states can be controlled as well.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures
title: Reporting Invisible Violence
Creators: name: Nissl, Tara
Year: 2017

description: Über die Situation der Medien in Westpapua ist aufgrund der Einschränkung der Medienfreiheit wenig bekannt, vor allem wenn es um die lokalen Erfahrungen mit institutionalisierter Diskriminierung geht. Ausländische und nationale Medien thematisieren vor allem traditionelle körperliche Gewalt, während in den lokalen Median dahingehend graduelle Unterschiede zu beobachten sind.
description: Due to restrictions against the media in West Papua, little is known about the region today, especially when it comes to local experiences of institutionalised discrimination. Foreign and national media often rely on old narratives of physical violence, while local media is only a slight improvement, even though the theory of human rights journalism maintains that in order to eliminate civil and political rights abuses, the cultural and structural reasons for such practices must be addressed and eliminated first. Unfortunately, the coverage of these issues is very minimal, as revealed in a media analysis between September 2016 and March 2017. This thesis argues that the lack of media freedom in West Papua results in the underrepresentation of the conflict, which perpetuates the current system of human rights abuses and impunity enjoyed by the military and government. Most importantly, it draws a veil on the cultural and structural violence committed in the region, which are just as severe as cases of physical violence, yet receive little to no media attention in the international sphere.
KLArpsy-Text: Wie hängt die Bewertung bedeutender Lebensereignisse mit depressiven Beschwerden zusammen?
Creators: name: ZPID
Publisher: name: KLARpsy
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 150

description: KLARpsy-Texte sind kurze, lai:innengerechte, allgemeinverständliche und richtlinienbasierte Zusammenfassungen psychologischer Übersichtsarbeiten. Dieser KLARpsy-Text hat den Titel "Wie hängt die Bewertung bedeutender Lebensereignisse mit depressiven Beschwerden zusammen?". Er wurde von Mitarbeitenden des Leibniz-Instituts für Psychologie verfasst. Als testlesende Person war Lea K. beteiligt. Der KLARpsy-Text befasst sich mit folgenden Inhalten: Bedeutende Lebensereignisse, zum Beispiel eine Scheidung, wirken sich nachhaltig auf das eigene Leben aus. Wichtig ist dabei, wie man selbst das Ereignis wahrnimmt und bewertet. Einige Theorien legen nahe, dass die Bewertung entscheidend dafür ist, ob Menschen depressive Beschwerden entwickeln. Andersherum könnten Menschen mit depressiven Beschwerden solche Ereignisse aber auch negativer bewerten. Mit ihrer Übersichtsarbeit wollten die Forschenden herausfinden: 1) Wie hängen die Bewertung bedeutender Lebensereignisse und depressive Beschwerden zusammen? Hier schauten sich die Forschenden nur den Zusammenhang an, ohne die Ursachen zu überprüfen. 2) Bewerten Menschen mit depressiven Beschwerden später auftretende bedeutende Lebensereignisse eher negativ? Und umgekehrt: Haben Menschen, die bedeutende Lebensereignisse negativ bewerten, später eher depressive Beschwerden? Wie Menschen bedeutende Lebensereignisse bewerten, hängt mit depressiven Beschwerden zusammen. Wer bedeutende Lebensereignisse negativer bewertet, hat eher depressive Beschwerden. Und wer depressive Beschwerden hat, bewertet bedeutende Lebensereignisse eher negativ.
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and the Government in Mexico
Creators: name: Edwards, Philip C.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 4303
subject: Historical studies
classificationCode: 4408
subject: Political science
subject: FOS: Political science
classificationCode: 5004
subject: Religious studies

description: At the first mention of the words "religious conflict in Mexico", the average man usually thinks of the contention between the Roman Catholic Church and the authorities of the state in that country. Little does he realize that historically this struggle had not one phase but four, and even today at least three aspects of it can be traced.Over a period of more than a century, there has been a contest for power between the Roman Catholic Church and the national government. The Church has sought to wrest the control, of ecclesiastical matters at least, from the state, and the state has tried to free education, political power, and wealth from the grasp of the Church. About the middle of the last century, another element was introduced with the advent of Protestantism in Mexico. This brought the other two-fold antagonism to the fore-the Roman Church against the Protestant churches, and Protestantism against Catholocism. This last form of the strife has lost much of its original furor in recent years as Protestants have gained sufficient footing to stand in, what they believe to be, their own right, turning their energies to a constructive program and almost ignoring the Catholic opposition.There seems to be reason then for a study of the religious conditions in Mexico, which would take into account, in some brief way at least, the growth of Protestantism. This is particularly interesting just at this time because of the provisions of the Mexican Constitutions of 1857 and 1917 pertaining to religion, and the fact that in most instances the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Churches have been at opposite poles in the matter of their reactions to these governmental provisions.This paper will undertake a sketch of the history of the Catholic Church in Mexico and its relations with the government from the time of the Spanish conquest to the promulgation of the Constitution of 1857? and then a consideration of the introduction of Protestantism, its struggle with Catholocism, the effect of the reform constitution upon Protestantism and Catholocism; and finally, the reactions of these two branches of Christendom to the Revolution of 1911 and the constitution of 1917.
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and the Government in Mexico
Creators: name: Edwards, Philip C.
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: At the first mention of the words "religious conflict in Mexico", the average man usually thinks of the contention between the Roman Catholic Church and the authorities of the state in that country. Little does he realize that historically this struggle had not one phase but four, and even today at least three aspects of it can be traced.Over a period of more than a century, there has been a contest for power between the Roman Catholic Church and the national government. The Church has sought to wrest the control, of ecclesiastical matters at least, from the state, and the state has tried to free education, political power, and wealth from the grasp of the Church. About the middle of the last century, another element was introduced with the advent of Protestantism in Mexico. This brought the other two-fold antagonism to the fore-the Roman Church against the Protestant churches, and Protestantism against Catholocism. This last form of the strife has lost much of its original furor in recent years as Protestants have gained sufficient footing to stand in, what they believe to be, their own right, turning their energies to a constructive program and almost ignoring the Catholic opposition.There seems to be reason then for a study of the religious conditions in Mexico, which would take into account, in some brief way at least, the growth of Protestantism. This is particularly interesting just at this time because of the provisions of the Mexican Constitutions of 1857 and 1917 pertaining to religion, and the fact that in most instances the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Churches have been at opposite poles in the matter of their reactions to these governmental provisions.This paper will undertake a sketch of the history of the Catholic Church in Mexico and its relations with the government from the time of the Spanish conquest to the promulgation of the Constitution of 1857? and then a consideration of the introduction of Protestantism, its struggle with Catholocism, the effect of the reform constitution upon Protestantism and Catholocism; and finally, the reactions of these two branches of Christendom to the Revolution of 1911 and the constitution of 1917.
British Gallup Poll CQ 703A
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Government approval (1); Margaret Thatcher job performance (1); James Callaghan job performance (1); David Steel job performance (1); party support (3); 1979 General Election (2); politicians left or right (4); government trade unions relations (2); world war danger (1); United States threat (1); Russia threat (1); communist attack scenario (14); building societies (3); interest in railway modeling (1); window coverings (6); bought cookware (2); men's clothing (20).
Enhanced Transmission and Distribution NetworkCoordination to Host More Electric Vehicles and PV
Creators: name: Rabiee, Abbas
name: Keane, Andrew
name: Soroudi, Alireza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Distributed energy resources (DERs) installed at electric distribution networks create different opportunities and challenges for the distribution system operator (DSO). By increasing the penetration level of DERs, the impacts of these technologies are also sensed by the transmission system operator (TSO). The focus of this paper is on investigating and managing the impacts of the Electric Vehicle (EV) charging and solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) generation considering TSO-DSO interaction constraints. These constraints include the driving point impedance that reflects the impact of the DER-rich distribution system on the upstream HV network and voltage profile control through the on-load tap changing (OLTC) transformer's operation. The aim is to optimally utilize the existing assets and flexibilities to have more EVs and PVs at the distribution level without violating constraints at both transmission and distribution levels. The proposed model could readily be used by policymakers to design and implement the proper time-of-use tariffs for improved handling of the increasing EVs and PVs penetrations in emerging distribution networks. The proposed method is implemented on the IEEE 69-bus standard MV distribution network to demonstrate the applicability.
British Gallup Poll CQ 826A
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 1986

description: US/Russian military strength(9); place of employment(8); NATO(5); government's job performance(5); General Election(4); U.S. leadership role(4); disarmament efforts(4); Russian pipeline(4); opinion of U.S.(3); do-it-yourself products(3); detente(2); resignation of Haig(2); nuclear missiles in Western Europe(2).
Comments on "Design of Asymmetric Shift Operators for Efficient Decentralized Subspace Projection"
Creators: name: Romero, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: This correspondence disproves the main results in the paper "Design of Asymmetric Shift Operators for Efficient Decentralized Subspace Projection" by S. Mollaebrahim and B. Beferull-Lozano. Counterexamples and counterproofs are provided when applicable. A correction is suggested for some of the flaws. However, it does not seem possible to amend most of the flaws since the overall approach based on a Schur decomposition of the shift matrix does not appear to be helpful to solve the desired problem.
Solidariedade Pediátrica
Creators: name: Gomes Pedro, João
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
Year: 2014

description: O tema "Solidariedade Pediátrica", para mim, prioridade identitária, poderá ser entendido de vários modos.

Solidariedade pediátrica enquanto solidariedade médica corporativa, de classe, na oportunidade fundamental de criar um sentido solidário de intervenção face a um sistema de saúde cada vez mais equívoco?

Poderá ser útil e desejável esta abordagem.

Solidariedade pediátrica na atitude clínica inspiradora. essa solidariedade, de tudo o que constitui um acto médico inspirado pela criança?

Indispensável, também, esta abordagem temática.

Solidariedade pediátrica num âmbito mais lato implicando tudo o que decorre dos testemunhos da actuação médica necessariamente inspirados por uma formação direccionada para a resiliência?
description: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 35 n.º 1 (2004)
British Gallup Poll CQ 908
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Government approval (1); Margaret Thatcher job performance (1); Neil Kinnock job performance (1); David Steel job performance (1); David Owen job performance (1); party preference (2); 1983 election (2); government controlling rising prices (3); government policies as fair (1); wage changes (1); food price changes (1); wages matching price increases (1); disposable income (1); allies (18); power of various countries (4); relationship with United States harming Western Europe (1); US attention to European problems (1).
Utilização de Cateteres Venosos Centrais numa Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos
Creators: name: M. Cardoso, Bruno
name: N. Almeida, Helena
name: França, Isabel
name: Casella, Paolo
name: Machado, Mª Céu
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
Year: 2014

description: Resumo

A colocação de cateteres venosos centrais (CVC) em crianças é uma técnica com riscos consideráveis pelo que a sua indicação deve ser criteriosa e executada por profissionais experientes.

Objectivos

1) Estudar a incidência de complicações dos CVC e relacioná-las com factores de risco.2) Auditar o protocolo em vigor desde 1998 na Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos do Departamento de Pediatria do HFF.

Doentes e Métodos:

Durante 3 anos foram colocados 121 CVC em 88 crianças com uma duração total de cateterismo de 1198 dias; idade media de 39,95m, PRISM médio de 31, 30 (25%) estavam ventilados e 23 (19%) tinham patologia cirúrgica. Os CVC foram colocados segundo a técnica de Seldínger, mais frequentemente nas subclávias; as crianças foram sedadas com midazolam e ketamina durante o procedimento.As complicações foram classificadas em imediatas ou tardias e estas últimas em infecciosas e não infecciosas. As complicações infecciosas foram classificadas segundo os critérios do "International Sepsis Fórum" de Fevereiro de 2001. Para a análise estatística foi utilizado o teste do Chi-quadrado.

Resultados

93 (76,8%) cateteres foram colocados nas veias subclávias, 15 (12,4%) nas femorais e 12 (9.9%) nas jugulares internas. 72 (59,5%) tinham lúmen duplo e 9 (7,4%) triplo. A duração média do cateterismo foi de 9,9 dias. Foi administrada alimentação parentérica cm 51 (42,1%) cateteres. Era 86 (71%) cateteres não houve complicações. Em 3 (2,5%) houve complicações imediatas relacionadas com a colocação do cateter. As complicações nao infecciosas observadas foram: 15 (12,4%) oclusões, 6 (5%) exteriorizações acidentais, 4 (3,3%) compromissos mecânicos, 2 (1,7%) tromboses e uma embolia. Registaram-se 3 (2,47%) complicações infecciosas relacionadas com o CVC, o que corresponde a 1 infecção por cada 393 dias de cateterismo. A sua incidência está estatisticamente relacionada com a duração do cateterismo superior a duas semanas (p = 0,01). Os microorganismos isolados foram; Enterococcus faecalis, Candido giabatra, Klebsiela pneumoniae.

Conclusões

1) As complicações na canalização da subclávia podem diminuir significativamente quando este é o vaso preferencialmente puncionado e se utiliza uma sedação adequada;2) O risco de infecção com ponto de partida do cateter eslá significativamente relacionada cora a duração do cateterismo (> a 14 dias).
description: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 35 n.º 1 (2004)
Infecção Urinária em Idade Pediátrica - Estudo Retrospectivo
Creators: name: Sarmento, Alzira
name: Garrido, Cristina
name: Maia, Iris
name: Maciel, Idalina
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
Year: 2014

description: A inespecificidade de sintomas e o maior risco de cicatriz renal fazem com que as Infecções do Tracto Urinário (ITU) assumam especial importância na idade pediátrica.Procedeu-se à análise retrospectiva dos processos clínicos das crianças internadas por ITU, no Serviço de Pediatria do Hospital Santa Luzia, no período de Janeiro de 1999 a Junho de 2001.Os objectivos traçados foram: caracterizar a população em causa, avaliar as sensibilidades dos agentes causais aos antibióticos testados, avaliar a importância da ecografia renal na detecção de alterações uronefrológicas e determinar a prevalência destas.Estudaram-se 83 crianças com idade média de 19J meses. A sintomatologia mais frequente foi a febre, 82% das crianças que a apresentou de forma isolada tinha menos de dois anos. Os microorganismos isolados (86J% Escheríchia coli) apresentaram taxas de sensibilidade de 100% para as cefalosporinas e aminoglicosídeos, 90% para a amoxicilina e ácido clavulânico e 50% para a ampicilina. O regime terapêutico mais utilizado foÍ oceftriaxone. Estudo imagiológico incluindo Eco RP, CUMS e/ou DMSA foi efectuado em 63 crianças, 21% das quais apesar da Eco RP normal apresentava alterações em pelo menos um dos outros exames.Face às alterações uronefrológicas detectadas, em 37,3% dos casos, os autores alertam para a importância do estudo imagiológico completo e sistematizado após episódio de ITU.

Palavras-Chave: Infecção do tracto urinário, criança, antibióticos, uropatia
description: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 35 n.º 1 (2004)
Maximum Likelihood Spectrum Decomposition for Isotope Identification and Quantification
Creators: name: Matta, J. T.
name: Rowe, A. J.
name: Dion, M. P.
name: Willis, M. J.
name: Nicholson, A. D.
name: Archer, D. E.
name: Wightman, H. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A spectral decomposition method has been implemented to identify and quantify isotopic source terms in high-resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy in static geometry and shielding scenarios. Monte-Carlo simulations were used to build the response matrix of a shielded high purity germanium detector monitoring an effluent stream with a Marinelli configuration. The decomposition technique was applied to a series of calibration spectra taken with the detector using a multi-nuclide standard. These results are compared to decay corrected values from the calibration certificate. For most nuclei in the standard ($^{241}$Am, $^{109}$Cd, $^{137}$Cs, and $^{60}$Co) the deviations from the certificate values were generally no more than $6$\% with a few outliers as high as $10$\%. For $^{57}$Co, the radionuclide with the lowest activity, the deviations from the standard reached as high as $25$\%, driven by the meager statistics in the calibration spectra. Additionally, a complete treatment of error propagation for the technique is presented.
description: Soon to be published in: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
British Gallup Poll CQ 910B
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Government approval (1); Margaret Thatcher job performance (1); Neil Kinnock job performance (1); David Steel job performance (1); David Owen job performance (1); party preference (2); 1983 election (2); economic improvements (1); future economic situation (1); price changes (2); personal financial situation (2); unemployment levels (1); good time to save money (1); good time to buy various appliances (4); British role in American-Russian relations (1); United States treating British as equal partners (1); British foreign policy dependence on US (1); working more closely with US (1); trusting Americans (1); approval of wheat sales to Russia (1).
Convergence of deterministic growth models
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Sourav
name: Souganidis, Panagiotis E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We prove the uniform in space and time convergence of the scaled heights of large classes of deterministic growth models that are monotone and equivariant under translations by constants. The limits are characterized as the unique (viscosity solutions) of first- or second-order partial differential equations depending on whether the growth models are scaled hyperbolically or parabolically. The results greatly simplify and extend a recent work by the first author to more general surface growth models. The proofs are based on the methodology developed by Barles and the second author to prove convergence of approximation schemes.
description: 28 pages. One new example and several other major changes in this revision
New Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Towards a “scientific precautionary principle”
Creators: name: Longo, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Organisms
Year: 2023

description: To the ordinary precautionary principle, we should add a more precise “scientific precautionary principle”. In short, we cannot act on nature based on ‘dogmas’ that are either manifestly false or are implicitly adopting an uncritical way of thinking. Science is the invention of a new way of thinking, of new theoretical frameworks, starting from a critical review of the principles mobilized, which are themselves well explained. Without this, technoscience, in all its power, becomes a nightmare, as it is totally unsuited to make us live in an ecosystem with all its complexity. The case of New Genetic Technologies, whose application to agriculture is under discussion in Europe, is paradigmatic and urgent. A preliminary version of this paper was published in French in Philosophy World Democracy, 1/9/23, www.philosophy-world-democracy.org/articles-1/les-nouveaux-organismes-genetiquement-modifies-ogm-pour-un-principe-de-precaution-scientifique.
description: Organisms, Vol 6, No 2 (2023): Special Issue, Single-cell Analysis: Epistemological Inquiries
Achados da Cintilografía Renal após um primeiro Diagnóstico de Infecção Urinária
Creators: name: Sarmento, Alzira
name: Garrido, Cristina
name: Maia, Iris
name: Maciel, Idalina
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
Year: 2014

description: O risco de cicatriz e complicações da função renal após episódio de pielonefrite aguda estima-se em 30 %.
Objectivos: determinar prevalência de cicatriz renal após 1º diagnóstico de Infecção do Traio Urinário (ITU) e avaliar possíveis factores predictivos de risco.

Procedeu-se à análise das crianças internadas com o 1º diagnóstico de ITU no Serviço de Pediatria do Hospital Santa Luzia, no periodo de Janeiro de 1999 a Junho de 2001. Duas condições foram necessárias para a inclusão no estudo: realização de DMSA, no seguimento após ITU e ausência de patologia obstructiva do tracto urinário.

Parâmetros avaliados: idade e sexo; temperatura corporal, presença de leucocitose e valor da proteína C reactiva; e resultado da CUMS e DMSA.
Um total de 46 crianças participou no estudo. Em função da presença ou não de alterações no DMSA, a população foi dividida em dois grupos.

Na análise estatística foi utilizado o teste do x2.
A idade média das crianças com cicatriz (24% do total), à data do diagnóstico de ITU. foi de 9,3 meses.
A presença de cicatriz e idade inferior a 2 anos, aquando do episódio infeccioso, mostraram relação estatisticamente significativa (p<0,01). O mesmo se verificando para febre elevada Cp<0,02), presença de leucocitose (p<0,05) e PGR > 2 mg/dl (p
description: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 35 n.º 1 (2004)
A fast and efficient tool to study the rheology of dense suspensions
Creators: name: Monti, Alessandro
name: Rathee, Vikram
name: Shen, Amy Q.
name: Rosti, Marco E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A cutting-edge software is presented to tackle the Newton-Euler equations governing the dynamics of granular flows and dense suspensions in Newtonian fluids. In particular, we propose an implementation of a fixed-radius near neighbours search based on an efficient counting sort algorithm with an improved symmetric search. The adopted search method drastically reduces the computational cost and allows an efficient parallelisation even on a single node through the multi-threading paradigm. Emphasis is also given to the memory efficiency of the code since the history of the contacts among particles has to be traced to model the frictional contributions, when dealing with granular flows of rheological interest that consider non-smooth interacting particles. An effective procedure based on an estimate of the maximum number of the smallest particles surrounding the largest one (given the radii distribution) and a sort applied only to the surrounding particles only is implemented, allowing us to effectively tackle the rheology of non-monodispersed particles with high size-ratio in large domains. Finally, we present validations and verification of the numerical procedure, by comparing with previous simulations and experiments, and present new software capabilities.
Franz Boas e a Geografia como Ecologia Humana: comentários e tradução.
Creators: name: Crócia de Barros, Nilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: O artigo cuja tradução ainda que parcial agora apresentamos e comentamos, intitulado Sobre o trabalho geográfico – The study of geography –, foi publicado nos Estados Unidos pelo célebre antropólogo Franz Boas (1858, Alemanha - 1942, EUA) na revista Science no longínquo ano de 1887. Podemos francamente entendê-lo como um manifesto moderno e resiliente por uma Geografia ampla nos seus temas, inclusiva nos seus métodos e com nítido caráter de Ecologia Humana. Na ocasião, Boas era o editor da influente revista. Pessoalmente desconheço tradução anterior do artigo ou referências em trabalhos geográficos em língua portuguesa ao texto, que podem até existir, mas a simples evidência da raridade mencionada contrasta com o elevado valor epistemológico do trabalho para a compreensão da riqueza e da complexidade metodológica da Geografia.
Estudo da Influência do Tempo de Laqueação do Cordão Umbilical na Concentração de Hematócrito, Hemoglobina e Bilirrubina
Creators: name: Chaves Thomaz, Débora Marchetti
name: Ralhares, Durval Batista
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
Year: 2014

description: Objetivo: Verificar a influência do tempo de laqueação do cordão umbilical na concentração de hematócrito, hemoglobina e btlirrubinas indireta em recém-nascidos de termo.

Métodos: 90 recém-nascidos de termo saudáveis foram distribuídos igualmenle em 3 grupos de acordo com o tempo de laqueação do cordão umbilical (Grupo I -20 segundos. Grupo II - 30 segundos e Grupo III - 40 segundos) e acompanhados por 48 horas por avaliação Clinica e laboratorial. Foram colhidas amostras de sangue do cordão umbilical, com 4, 24 e 48 horas para análise de hematócrito, hemoglobina e bilimíbina total e fracções. Um questionário foi respondido pelas mães para avaliar situação pre-nalal e natal, e uma amostra de sangue das mães foi colhida antes do parto para análise de hematócrito, hemoglobina e tipagem sanguínea.

Resultados: Não houve diferença significativa entre os grupos de estudo quanto à concentração de hematócrito, hemoglobina e bilirrubinas nos diferentes horários de coleta. Policitemia, sem sintomatologia, ocorreu em 4 crianças somente na segunda coleta, e icterícia (Zona 2) em 15 crianças. Não houve relação destes dois achados clínicos com o tempo de laqueação do cordão umbilical.

Conclusão: Não houve alteração na concentração de hematócrito, hemoglobina e bilirrubinas nos diferentes grupos estudados.

Palavras-Chave: Laqueação do cordão umbilical, policitemia neonatal, hiperbiiirnibinemia neonatal.
description: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 35 n.º 1 (2004)
Properties of pasta phases in catalyzed neutron stars
Creators: name: Thi, H. Dinh
name: Fantina, A. F.
name: Gulminelli, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exotic non-spherical configurations of nuclei, known as ``pasta" phases, are expected to be present at the bottom of the inner crust of a neutron star. We study the properties of these configurations in catalyzed neutron stars within a compressible liquid-drop model approach, with surface parameters optimized to reproduce experimental nuclear masses. Our results show that the properties of the pasta phases exhibit strong model dependence. To estimate the model uncertainties, a Bayesian analysis is performed, combining information from nuclear physics experiments and chiral perturbation theoretical calculations with astrophysical observations. The inferred posterior distributions are discussed, with particular focus on the effect of the low-density energy functional on the predictions.
description: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Multi-facets of EOS and Clustering 2021; published in Il Nuovo Cimento C
Acidentes na Criança e no Jovem: Uma Estratégia Concertada e Sustentada de Intervenção.
Creators: name: Pereira, Carla
name: Ramos, Helena
name: Galo, Maria José
name: Estrompa, José
name: Lorga, Lurdes
name: Rosado, Rui
name: Gonçalves, Helder
Publisher: name: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
Year: 2014

description: Os acidentes constituem a principal causa de morte em crianças acima do ano de idade * ? O Serviço de Pediatria do Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora desenvolveu o projecto "Acidentes na criança e no jovem: uma estratégia concertada e sustentada de intervenção", sendo o seu objectívo, a longo prazo, a redução do número de acidentes na Sub-Região de Saúde de Évora. A colheita de dados foi feita por inquérito personalizado às vitimas de acidente com menos de 15 anos de idade, que recorreram à Urgência Pediátrica do Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora e aos Centros de Saüde da Sub-Região de Saúde de Évora, entre Janeiro de 1999 e Janeiro de 2001, com vista ao estudo do tipo de acidentes mais frequentes e suas variáveis sócio-antropológicas. Foram registados 3520 acidentes, existindo um predomínio no sexo masculino (61%) e nos grupos etários acima do ano de idade. Os acidentes ocorreram, sobretudo, entre as 12 e as 20 horas, em casa» na escola/infantário/parquc infantil ou na rua/estrada enquanto a criança brinca e não se encontra acompanhada por adultos. O tipo de acidente mais frequente foi a queda (52%) e o tipo de lesões mais frequentes (69%) foram as escoriações/feridas/equimoses, 8% das crianças necessitaram de internamento e foram registados 4 óbitos. Com base nestes dados, tiveram inicio acções de intervenção comunitária sobre segurança infantil que ainda decorrem.

Palavras-chave: Acidente, segurança infantil, intervenção, comunidade.
description: Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 35 n.º 1 (2004)
British Gallup Poll CQ 983
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Approval of government's record (1); satisfaction with Mrs. Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister (1); Mr. Neil Kinnock as leader of the Labor Party (1); Mr. David Steel as leader of the Liberal party (1); Dr. David Owen as leader of the Social Democratic Party (1); voting in General Election (4); affiliation with political party (1); most urgent problems facing the country (2); party best able to handle problems (1); most likely to be winner of the next General Election (1);popularity of political parties with people in Britain (4); party division (3); party with the best policies and leaders (10); better candidate for Prime Minister (1); confidence in Conservative politicians to deal with Britain's problems (1); confidence in Labor politicians to deal with Britain's problems (1); confidence in Liberal politicians to deal with Britain's problems (1); confidence in Social Democrat politicians to deal with Britain's problems (1); party most likely to win in local area in the next general election (4); political party that should not win (1); prefer constituency (1); local MP (1); hearing about nationwide opinion polls recently (1); how much influence opinion polls have on people in general election and by-elections (2); who would you vote for (2).
British Gallup Poll CQ 984A
Creators: name: Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Limited
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2013

description: Approval of government's record (1); satisfaction with Mrs. Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister (1); Mr. Neil Kinnock as leader of the Labor Party (1); Mr. David Steel as leader of the Liberal party (1); Dr. David Owen as leader of the Social Democratic Party (1); voting in General Election (4); affiliation with political party (1); general economic situation in the country (2); prices (2); financial situation in household (2); good time to save or to spend (2); expect increase in wage (2); expect percentage increase in prices (1); public-health problems most concern about (1); AIDS awareness (7); are homosexuals becoming more accepted by society (2); confidence in the ability of United States to deal with present problems (1); confidence in the ability of United States to deal with world problems (1); Ronald Reagan's performance (2); relation between Britain and America (1); approval of the role of United States, Russia, and China in world affairs (3); agreement about controlling nuclear weapons between United States and Soviet Union (2); personal characteristics (1).
Efficient Second Harmonic Generation from Silicon Slotted Nanocubes with Bound States in the Continuum
Creators: name: Fang, C.
name: Yang, Q.
name: Yuan, Q.
name: Gu, L.
name: Gan, X.
name: Shao, Y.
name: Liu, Y.
name: Han, G.
name: Hao, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Optical materials with centrosymmetry, such as silicon and germanium, are unfortunately absent of second-order nonlinear optical responses, hindering their developments in efficient nonlinear optical devices. Here, a design with an array of slotted nanocubes is proposed to realize remarkable second harmonic generation (SHG) from the centrosymmetric silicon, which takes advantage of enlarged surface second-order nonlinearity, strengthened electric field over the surface of the air-slot, as well as the resonance enhancement by the bound states in the continuum. Compared with that from the array of silicon nanocubes without air-slots, SHG from the slotted nanocube array is improved by more than two orders of magnitude. The experimentally measured SHG efficiency of the silicon slotted nanocube array is high as 1.8*10^-4 W^-1, which is expected to be further engineered by modifying the air-slot geometries. Our result could provide a new strategy to expand nonlinear optical effects and devices of centrosymmetric materials.
description: 31 pages, 9 figures, 1 Table, 1 TOC